Freezing Rain Warning - 5:18am

Environment Canada has issued a Freezing Rain Warning in effect for:
- North Bay - Powassan - Mattawa
Ice storm beginning this morning or afternoon. Freezing rain with significant ice accretion of 10 to 20 mm. This will cause Icy and slippery conditions.
Utility outages and tree damage are possible.
Several hours of snow or ice pellets are possible before precipitation changes to freezing rain. Once the precipitation changes to freezing rain, a prolonged period of it is expected. For some areas, this has the potential to be a major ice storm.
Freezing rain may change over to rain late this afternoon or evening for locations near the North Channel and the city of North Bay as temperatures briefly rise above the freezing mark. Precipitation will transition to ice pellets and then snow from west to east Monday morning.
Easterly winds will become northerly on Monday morning with gusts up to 50 km/h. This may exacerbate the situation if there is ice build-up on tree limbs and power lines.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and extremely hazardous. Extended and widespread utility outages are possible.
Beware of branches or electrical wires that could break under the weight of ice.