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WOCN11 CWTO 070608
Special weather statement
Issued by Environment Canada Ontario region.  1:08 AM EST Wednesday
7 January 2009.

Special weather statement issued for..
City of Toronto
Windsor - Essex - Chatham-Kent
Sarnia - Lambton
Elgin
London - Middlesex
Simcoe - Delhi - Norfolk
Dunnville - Caledonia - Haldimand
Oxford - Brant
Niagara
City of Hamilton
Halton - Peel
York - Durham
Huron - Perth
Waterloo - Wellington
Dufferin - Innisfil
Grey - Bruce
Barrie - Orillia - Midland
Belleville - Quinte - Northumberland
Kingston - Prince Edward
Peterborough - Kawartha Lakes
Stirling - Tweed - South Frontenac
Bancroft - Bon Echo Park
Brockville - Leeds and Grenville
City of Ottawa
Gatineau
Prescott and Russell
Cornwall - Morrisburg
Smiths Falls - Lanark - Sharbot Lake
Parry Sound - Muskoka
Haliburton
Renfrew - Pembroke - Barry’s Bay
Algonquin
Burk’s Falls - Bayfield Inlet.

Winter weather through the day.

Snow is spreading eastward through southern Ontario and along Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario freezing rain or ice pellets are being
observed.  Southwestern Ontario will likely experience periods of
freezing drizzle early this morning before changing back to periods
of snow.

The Trenton to Kingston corridor with also see ice pellets mixed in
with the snowfall early this morning and there is a risk of freezing
rain with freezing rain warnings possibly needed.

General snowfall amounts will be 5 to 10 centimetres by midday
Wednesday.  Snowfall amounts may be reduced in the vicinity of the
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario shorelines including the greater Toronto
area due to the snow changing into ice pellets or becoming very wet.
The exception is for eastern Ontario mainly north and east of
Kingston where totals to 15 centimetres are likely by the end of the
day.

Winter weather watches and warnings will be updated by the Ontario
storm prediction centre as the storm continues to move slowly
eastward today.

Listen for further statements.  Additional information may also be
found by consulting the latest public forecast.  The next public
forecast will be issued by 5 AM.

END/OSPC