Updated: Nov. 26, 3:55 p.m.
Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for Sudbury this evening.
A band of freezing rain and ice pellets will develop as temperatures drop behind a cold front this evening.
Two to four hours of of freezing rain is expected. The band is forecast to set up from Gogama to Kirkland Lake this evening and move southward throughout the night reaching Sudbury overnight and North Bay Friday morning.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and hazardous.
Take extra care when walking or driving in affected areas. Public Safety Canada encourages everyone to make an emergency plan and get an emergency kit with drinking water, food, medicine, a first-aid kit and a flashlight. For information on emergency plans and kits go to www.getprepared.gc.ca.
Freezing Rain Warnings are issued when rain falling in sub-zero temperatures creates ice build-up and icy surfaces.
Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required. Please check back with NorthernLife.ca for the latest.
Original story:
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the region, warning that today’s mild temperatures and rain could turn into snow or freezing rain by tonight.
A sharp cold front is slipping southeast across the region, bringing with it much colder air from the Arctic. This cold front will bring a sudden end to a mild spell over the course of the day.
Rain falling in the mild air ahead of the front will change over to snow in its wake, as temperatures drop fairly quickly to well below freezing. The changeover to snow will occur this morning over northern sections, such as near Kapuskasing, but not until tonight in the Sault Ste. Marie to North Bay regions.
In the statement, Environment Canada said freezing rain is quite possible during the changeover, especially in the Sudbury and North Bay areas tonight.
Be on the lookout for freezing rain warnings as the day progresses.
Current indications suggest snowfall amounts will range from about five centimetres near the Great Lakes to 10 to 15 cm further inland by Friday morning.
Higher snowfall amounts are expected in the Timmins and Kirkland Lake areas where snowfall warnings are in effect.
Travel is expected to become difficult at times due to winter driving conditions that could include icy roads, reduced visibility, and rapidly accumulating snow, the statement says.
Motorists should allow extra time to reach their destination. Environment Canada will continue to monitor this developing situation closely.
