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Article #12Ontario Road Conditions Jan 25 8 am PST
From: (Diehl/Standard Broadcast News)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:50
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:50
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SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING WINDSOR, CHATHAM, LONDON, STRATFORD, WOODSTOCK, KITCHENER-WATERLOO, AND LAKE HURON AREAS. Light to moderate flurries and ground drifting is occurring over most areas in and around the London area and along the Lee of Lake Huron where the visibility is reduced to fair at times. As a result, highways in the Chatham - Windsor areas are bare with some light drifted sections. Elsewhere highways are bare with snowcovered, light drifted, slippery, slushy and icy sections including the K.W. and Hanlon Expressways. SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION: INCLUDING BARRIE, ORILLIA, LAKE SIMCOE, COLLINGWOOD, OWEN SOUND AND MIDLAND AREAS. Light to moderate snow and snow squalls are occurring in most areas and has reduced the visibility to fair at times. All main highways are snowpacked to snowcovered with slushy or icy sections. SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING HAMILTON, NIAGARA, TORONTO, OSHAWA, GUELPH, ORANGEVILLE, LINDSAY, PETERBOROUGH AND PORT HOPE AREAS. Main highways throughout South-Central Ontario are mainly bare and wet except on Highways 12 & 48 and north of Highway 7 between Oshawa, Trenton Apsley and Washago where there are some snowcovered and slushy sections. EASTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING TRENTON, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON CORNWALL, OTTAWA AND ARNPRIOR AREAS. Main highways throughout Eastern Ontario are bare and wet with lightly snowcovered, slushy and icy sections. CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING PARRY SOUND, MUSKOKA, HUNTSVILLE, HALIBURTON, BANCROFT AND PEMBROKE AREAS. Light to moderate snow continues to fall over most of the Haliburton- Bancroft regions and has reduced the visibility to fair at times. All highways are snowcovered to snowpacked with some icy and partly snowcovered sections. Travelling through the Huntsville- Muskoka's, drivers will encounter bare to partly snowcovered, snowpacked and icy conditions on Highways 11 & 69. Those using Highways 35 or 60 will have mainly snowpacked conditions. Less travelled routes are snowpacked with icy sections. OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ROUTES QEW - Bare and wet. 400 - Bare and wet to Highway 9 and becoming bare and wet with snowcovered, slushy and icy sections towards Barrie and Coldwater. 401 - EAST OF TORONTO - Mainly bare and wet with some icy spots between Kingston and the Ontario-Quebec border. 401 - WEST OF TORONTO - Mainly bare and wet with slushy or icy sections from west of Kitchener to Rodney and then bare wet through the Chatham-Windsor areas. 402 - Bare and wet with light snowcovered, slushy and icy sections. 403 - Bare and wet. 404 - Bare and wet. 417 - Bare and wet with slushy and icy strips. 11 - TORONTO TO NORTH BAY - Bare and wet to Highway 9 and becoming bare and wet with snowcovered, snowpacked and icy sections to the North Bay area. 17 - HAWKESBURY TO PETAWAWA - Bare and wet with slushy and icy strips. 69 - Bare and wet with snowpacked and icy sections. NORTHERN ONTARIO: NORTH BAY-NIPISSING REGIONS: Light snow continues to fall south of North Bay and some light drifting is occurring over most areas.Highway 11 north and south of North Bay is bare and wet with snowpacked, snowcovered, slushy and icy sections while Highway 17 east and west is bare and wet with snowpacked with slushy sections. NEW LISKEARD-MATHESON-TIMMINS REGIONS: Highway 11 from Latchford to Matheson is mainly bare with some snowpacked strips. Highway 101 is bare to lightly snowcovered and snowpacked with some icy sections through Timmins. Highway 144 south to Sudbury is partly snowcovered to snowpacked. COCHRANE-HEARST-KAPUSKASING REGIONS: All main highways are generally bare with some snowpacked strips. SUDBURY-ALGOMA-NICKEL BELT REGIONS: All main highways are bare and wet. SAULT STE MARIE-WAWA-MARATHON REGIONS: Highway 17 east of the Soo is bare and wet with some snowpacked or partly snowcovered spots through Echo Bay. From north of the Soo to Wawa 17 is bare to lightly snowcovered. Beyond Wawa it is bare with partly snowcovered and snowpacked sections. Remaining highways are snowpacked with icy and partly snowcovered sections. NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: NIPIGON-THUNDER BAY-ATIKOKAN REGIONS: All main highways are bare with the odd icy section east of Thunder Bay. FORT FRANCIS-RAINY RIVER-ATIKOKAN-REGIONS: All main highways are bare. SECONDARY HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO. Secondary highways are mainly bare to snowcovered and snowpacked with icy sections.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com ((Diehl/Standard Broadcast News)) Newsgroups: ont.conditions Subject: Ontario Road Conditions Jan 25 8 am PST Keywords: canadian broadcast, general weather, weather Message-ID: <CroadreportU3JP1146ae@clarinet.com> References: <CroadreportU3JM410pe@clarinet.com> X-Supersedes: <CroadreportU3JM410pe@clarinet.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 8:50:54 PST Location: canada ACategory: national Slugword: RoadReport Priority: regular ANPA: Wc: 765/691; Id: z3428; Sel: cnnw; Adate: N/A-1146aes; Ver: 0/2 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com Codes: jnww.cn. Lines: 85