Northern Ontario: Snowfall Outlook for Thursday, February 10 - Friday, February 11, 2022

Forecast Discussion

An Alberta Clipper is expected to bring widespread accumulating snowfall across Northern Ontario beginning Thursday morning and continuing into Friday. The first bands of precipitation associated with the system will move into Northwestern Ontario by the mid to late morning hours on Thursday. This will be a fairly slow-moving system so the snow isn’t expected to reach areas around Lake Superior by the early evening and overnight for Northeastern Ontario. The snow will start to taper off in the west by Friday morning but will linger throughout much of Friday for Northeastern Ontario.

By the time the snow moves out of the region late Friday, we’re looking at widespread accumulation ranging from 8-16cm for much of Northern Ontario excluding Far Northern Ontario. Locally higher amounts up to 20cm will be found in a zone that includes Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Armstrong, Geraldton and much of Northeastern Ontario. Lake enhancement around Lake Superior may also push totals close to 20cm through Marathon, Wara and Sault Ste. Marie.

Blowing snow could also be an issue with strong wind gusts ranging from 40-60km/h throughout the region. Please be sure to drive according to the conditions if you plan on travelling as road conditions will likely be quite poor at times.