Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Hazardous snow squalls continue.

What:
Extremely hazardous travel conditions.
Total snowfall amounts of 40 to 70 cm with locally higher amounts possible.
Near zero visibility at times in heavy snow and blowing snow.
Intense snowfall rates of 5 to 10 cm per hour at times.

When:
Continuing into Saturday morning.

Additional information:
This will be a long duration event with snow squalls likely persisting into Saturday morning, particularly near Lake Huron. Strong westerly winds gusting as high as 70 km/h are also expected. These strong winds will reduce visibility to near zero at times in local blowing snow.

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Road closures are possible.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #ONStorm.