What The F...lurries? First Widespread Snowfall of the Season Starting Tonight Into Friday Morning Across Northeastern Ontario
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It might still be a few weeks away from Halloween, but our forecast for this Thanksgiving Weekend is downright scary for those not ready for a taste of winter weather. Yes, it’s that time of the year when we must say the dreaded f-word for the first time! Parts of Northeastern Ontario are set to see the first flakes of the season starting Thursday evening and continuing into early Friday morning. Current indications suggest that the snow could come down heavy enough to lead to minor accumulation and as a result, some locations might be surprised with up to a few centimetres of that wet fluffy stuff on the ground as you wake up Friday morning.
The potential for wet snow will begin early this (Thursday) evening as a sharp cold front cuts across Northeastern Ontario. This will allow for temperatures to drop near the freezing mark over the next few hours causing the ongoing rainfall to slowly transition over to wet snow by tonight. Persistent light to moderate snowfall will continue overnight for locations such as Chapleau, Timmins, Cochrane and Englehart.
Depending on how cold the temperature can get and the intensity of the snowfall, some of these locations may wake up to some accumulation, but it will quickly melt as temperatures warm above the freezing mark after sunrise. Further to the southeast through the Elliot Lake, Sudbury and North Bay regions, they could also see some flurries overnight and early Friday morning, but the air temperature is still expected to remain slightly above the freezing mark which means any snow will melt on contact.
Heading into the Thanksgiving Weekend, it looks like the cold air will be sticking around at least for the next few days. Overnight lows will continue to flirt with the freezing mark all weekend. This also means that there is the chance for more wet flurries, although it appears that most of the activity will be continued to Far Northern Ontario like Fort Severn, Winisk and Attawapiskat. We should see somewhat of a warm-up by Monday/Tuesday with the potential for double-digit highs for some parts of Northern Ontario.
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