From: clarinews@clarinet.com ((Diehl/Standard Broadcast News))
Newsgroups: ont.conditions
Subject: Ontario Road Conditions Dec 31 4 pm EST
Keywords: canadian broadcast, general weather, weather
X-Supersedes: <CroadreportU2DU402pe@clarinet.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 16:03:40 EST
Location: ontario
ACategory: national
Slugword: RoadReport
Priority: regular
ANPA: Wc: 742; Id: z2180; Sel: onnww; Adate: N/A-400pes; Ver: 0/6
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	SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING WINDSOR, CHATHAM, LONDON, STRATFORD,
WOODSTOCK, KITCHENER-WATERLOO, AND LAKE HURON AREAS. IN SOUTH-WESTERN
ONTARIO, VISIBILITY IS GOOD AND ALL HIGHWAYS ARE CLEAR.
	SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION: INCLUDING BARRIE, ORILLIA, LAKE
SIMCOE, COLLINGWOOD, OWEN SOUND AND MIDLAND AREAS. IN THE SOUTHERN
GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING THE 400, ARE
CLEAR.
	SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING HAMILTON, NIAGARA, TORONTO, OSHAWA,
GUELPH, ORANGEVILLE, LINDSAY, PETERBOROUGH AND PORT HOPE AREAS. ALL
HIGHWAYS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO ARE CLEAR.
	CLOSURES NOTE: HIGHWAY 401 WESTBOUND LANES ARE CLOSED AT NEWTONVILLE,
EAST OF MORGANS CORNER RD DUE TO A SEVERE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. EASTERN
ONTARIO: INCLUDING TRENTON, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON CORNWALL, OTTAWA AND
ARNPRIOR AREAS.
	IN THE TRENTON-KINGSTON REGION, ALL HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING THE 401, ARE
CLEAR. IN THE OTTAWA-CORNWALL REGION, ALL HIGHWAYS ARE BARE TO CENTRE-
BARE WITH SLUSH AND ICE ON THE HIGH SIDES OF CURVES, HOWEVER THE 401 IS
CLEAR. 
	CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING PARRY SOUND, MUSKOKA, HUNTSVILLE,
HALIBURTON, BANCROFT AND PEMBROKE AREAS.
	IN THE BANCROFT-HALIBURTON REGION, MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE BARE WITH
SLUSHY, CENTRE-BARE AND ICY SECTIONS, WHILE SECONDARIES ARE BARE WITH
CENTRE-BARE, SNOW-PACKED, SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS. IN THE HUNTSVILLE-
MUSKOKA REGION, HIGHWAYS 11, 69, 35 AND 60 ARE CLEAR, WHILE SECONDARIES
ARE BARE WITH CENTRE-BARE, SNOW-PACKED, ICY AND SLUSHY SECTIONS. 
	OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ROUTES 

QEW - CLEAR.
400 - CLEAR.
401 - EAST OF TORONTO - CLEAR. CLOSURES NOTE: HIGHWAY 401 WESTBOUND
LANES ARE CLOSED AT NEWTONVILLE, EAST OF MORGANS CORNER RD DUE TO A
SEVERE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. WEST OF TORONTO - CLEAR. 402 - CLEAR.
404 - CLEAR.
417 - BARE WITH CENTRE-BARE, ICY AND SLUSHY SECTIONS.
11 - TORONTO TO NORTH BAY - CLEAR ALL THE WAY TO NORTH BAY WITH SLUSHY
SECTIONS NEAR NORTH BAY. 17 - HAWKESBURY TO PETAWAWA - BARE WITH CENTRE-
BARE, SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS. 69 - BARE ALL THE WAY TO BRITT, BECOMING
BARE TO CENTRE-BARE AND VERY ICY TO SUDBURY. 
	NORTHERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING NORTH BAY, SUDBURY, TIMMINS, COCHRANE,
NEW LISKEARD AND SAULT STE. MARIE AREAS. IN THE NORTH BAY REGION,
HIGHWAYS 11S, 17 AND 63 ARE BARE WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS, SNOW-PACKED
SECTIONS ARE ALSO ON 17W. HIGHWAY 11N IS BARE TO CENTRE-BARE WITH SNOW-
COVERED, SNOW-PACKED AND SLUSHY SECTIONS. IN THE SUDBURY REGION, HIGHWAY
69 TO THE SOUTH IS BARE TO CENTRE- BARE AND VERY ICY, WHILE TO THE NORTH
IT IS BARE TO CENTRE-BARE AND SLUSHY; 17E IS BARE WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS
IN PASSING LANES WHILE 17W IS BARE TO CENTRE-BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED AND
SLUSHY SECTIONS; 144N IS CENTRE-BARE, SNOW-PACKED TO SNOW-COVERED; 108
IS BARE TO CENTRE- BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED SECTIONS AND HIGHWAY 6 IS
CENTRE-BARE TO SLUSHY WITH ICY SECTIONS. IN THE NEW LISKEARD REGION,
HIGHWAY 101 FROM MATHESON TO FOLEYET IS SNOW-COVERED TO SNOW-PACKED,
WHILE THE VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO FAIR AT TIMES DUE TO MODERATE
SNOWFALL. HIGHWAY 11 FROM MATHESON TO LATCHFORD IS SNOW-COVERED AND
SNOW-PACKED WITH LIGHT DRIFTING SNOW; AS WELL AS ICY CONDITIONS IN THE
ENGLEHART AND KENOGAMI AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY IS FAIR TO POOR AT TIMES
DUE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHWAY 144 IS SNOW-COVERED AND
SNOW-PACKED. VISIBILITY IN THE COCHRANE REGION IS GOOD BUT POOR IN THE
KAPUSKASING AREA DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY DRIFTING, ALL HIGHWAYS ARE
SNOW-PACKED TO LIGHTLY SNOW-COVERED EXCEPT FOR SOME BARE SECTIONS IN
HEARST AND KAPUSKASING. IN THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION, HIGHWAY 17, EAST
TO BLIND RIVER IS BARE TO SLUSHY, WHILE NORTH TO AGAWA IS BARE TO
CENTRE-BARE AND SLUSHY, THEN WEST TO MARATHON IS SNOW-PACKED TO SNOW-
COVERED. NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING THUNDER BAY, NIPIGON, DRYDEN,
KENORA, AND FORT FRANCES AREAS. HIGHWAY 11 FROM LONGLAC TO THUNDER BAY IS
BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED, SNOW-COVERED AND ICY SECTIONS, WHILE WEST TO
ATIKOKAN IT IS SNOW- PACKED WITH ICY SECTIONS. HIGHWAY 17 FROM TERRACE
BAY TO THUNDER BAY, AND 61 TO THE BORDER ARE BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED,
SNOW-COVERED AND ICY SECTIONS, WHILE WEST TO IGNACE 17 IS CENTRE-BARE TO
SNOW- PACKED.IN THE KENORA REGION ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE SNOW-PACKED AND
ICY. SECONDARY HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO.
SECONDARY HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO ARE
MAINLY SNOWPACKED TO SNOWCOVERED WITH ICY SECTIONS.