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AWCN11 CWTO 291127
Weather summary for all of southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 6:26 AM EST Thursday 29
January 2009.

Significant snowfall across much of southern and eastern Ontario.
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==weather event discussion==

 Yet another winter storm brought a significant snowfall to southern
Ontario on Wednesday. Many areas received 15 to 20 cm of the white
stuff with the highest amount of near 23 cm reported by a trained
spotter at Cornwall.

 This storm had a high impact on transportation across southern
Ontario on Wednesday and spawned numerous snowfall warnings. All
warnings are now discontinued as the storm has raced off into the
Maritimes.

 The table below shows total snowfall amounts from this storm as
received by Environment Canada as of midnight last night.

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Location                  snowfall amount (cm)

Windsor                   12
Blenheim                  11
Morepeth (near Rondeau)   17
Ridgetown                 13     (EST'd)
Chatham                   17
London                    15
New Glasgow (near Rodney) 14
Dorchester                10
Delhi                     11     (EST'd)
Foldens (S Woodstock)     11
Roseville (sw Kitchener)  15
Mount Forest              11     (EST'd)
Wiarton                    7     (EST'd)
Elora                     10     (EST'd)
Kitchener Stanley park    11
University of Waterloo    11
Waterloo airport          10
Paris                     14
Hamilton                  14    (EST'd)
Thorold                   21
Grimsby mountain          15.2
Stoney Creek              14
Vineland                  13
Welland                   18
Port Colborne             14
Fort Erie                 15
Oakville                  17
Sandhill (nw Brampton)    16
Brampton                  13.5
Toronto Pearson           13
Toronto Downsview         12     as of 4:00 PM
Toronto downtown          13     (EST'd)
Toronto east York         14
Toronto Buttonville       16
Oak Ridges                14
Baldwin (near Sutton)     17
Pickering                 15
Oshawa                    15
Trenton                   12
Barrie                    11     (EST'd)
Shanty Bay (ne Barrie)    11
Orillia                   11
Coldwater                 16
Collingwood               10     (EST'd)
Minden                    10
Peterborough              13     (EST'd)
Stirling (nw Belleville)  11
Kingston                  14
Brockville                14
Kaladar                   14
Wilberforce (W Bancroft)  11
Ottawa                    18
Gatineau                  16
Russell (se Ottawa)       10
Cornwall                  23
Petawawa                  12     (EST'd)
Muskoka                   10
Haliburton                10
Whitney (Algonquin        11     (EST'd)
        Park east gate)

Please note that this summary contains the observations at the time
of broadcast and does not constitute an official and final report of
the weather events or the high impact events attributed to the
weather events.

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