SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6:35 AM EDT FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK =NEW= DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND =NEW= NIAGARA =NEW= GREY - BRUCE =NEW= BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND =NEW= KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD =NEW= PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA =NEW= BURKS FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET. STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE PRAIRIES IS HEADING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES BRINGING RAINY AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN ONTARIO OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. IN GENERAL, BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 KM/H WITH GUSTS TO 60 KM/H ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION, HOWEVER, AREAS EXPOSED TO WINDS DIRECTLY OFF THE GREAT LAKES WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHER SPEEDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 KM/H WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY BEGINNING OVERNIGHT AND THE NORTHERN SHORES OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO SATURDAY MORNING. FORECAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY BELOW ENVIRONMENT CANADAS WIND WARNING CRITERIA OF 70 KM/H SUSTAINED OR GUSTS TO 90 KM/H. METEOROLOGISTS ARE WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF REQUIRED.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:57:05 +0000
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