SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ONTARIO REGION.  5:21 PM EST MONDAY
23 JANUARY 2006.

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 - HUNTSVILLE
HALIBURTON
RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY
ALGONQUIN
BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL MANITOBA IS FORECAST TO
TRACK ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT THEN TOWARDS SOUTHEASTERN
ONTARIO TOMORROW.  SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
OVER NORTHERN REGIONS TOWARDS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EASTWARD
TO REACH THE TORONTO AREA AND SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO BY EARLY AFTERNOON
AND SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO LATER IN THE DAY.  GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 CENTIMETRES OR LESS OVER TORONTO AND
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO..WHERE THE SNOW FLURRIES MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES
WITH RAIN SHOWERS ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO..TO ABOUT 5
CENTIMETRES OVER EASTERN ONTARIO.  HOWEVER FOR REGIONS ADJACENT TO
NORTHERN LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY AND POSSIBLY THE EASTERN END OF
LAKE ONTARIO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ENHANCED..WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF
10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP.  WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 KM/H WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 ARE
LIKELY OVER MOST AREAS WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER WINDS OVER EXPOSED
AREAS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SHORELINES OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO.
BLOWING SNOW MAY BE A CONCERN MAINLY FOR REGIONS WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS.

THE GENERAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO END TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES EAST OF THE REGIONS.  HOWEVER IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW THE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO A STRONG NORTHWESTERLY.  THIS WILL USHER IN
MUCH COLDER AIR FOR WEDNESDAY AND LIKELY SET UP SNOWSQUALLS IN THE
TRADITIONAL SNOWBELT REGIONS OFF LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY.

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.

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