From: clarinews@clarinet.com ((MTO/Standard Broadcast News))
Newsgroups: ont.conditions
Subject: Ontario Road Conditions Jan 1 4 pm EST
Keywords: canadian broadcast, general weather, weather
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Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 16:27:33 EST
Location: ontario
ACategory: national
Slugword: OntRoadReport
Priority: regular
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	ONTARIO HIGHWAY TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
	FRIDAY January 1, 1993.
	
	SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING WINDSOR, CHATHAM, LONDON, STRATFORD,
WOODSTOCK, KITCHENER-WATERLOO, AND LAKE HURON AREAS.
	IN THE WINDSOR-CHATHAM-SARNIA REGION, ALL HIGHWAYS ARE CLEAR. IN THE
LONDON-WOODSTOCK REGION MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE BARE SNOWCOVERED AND SLUSHY
SECTIONS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE DRIFTING, HOWEVER THE 402 IS CLEAR AND
THE 401 IS BARE WITH DRIFTED SECTIONS IN THE LONDON AREA. IN THE
KITCHENER-STRATFORD-LAKE HURON AREAS SNOWFLURRIES TURNING TO SQUALLS AT
TIMES ARE REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO FAIR AND POOR; THE 401, KW AND
HANLON EXPRESSWAYS ARE BARE WITH SNOWCOVERED SECTIONS, WHILE REMAINING
HIGHWAYS ARE BARE WITH SNOWCOVERED AND SNOWPACKED SECTIONS.
	
	SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION: INCLUDING BARRIE, ORILLIA, LAKE
SIMCOE, COLLINGWOOD, OWEN SOUND AND MIDLAND AREAS.
	IN THE SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION, THE 400 IS CLEAR SOUTH
OF BARRIE, BECOMING BARE WITH SNOWPACKED, SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS
BETWEEN BARRIE AND COLDWATER, WHILE REMAINING HIGHWAYS ARE BARE WITH
SNOWPACKED, SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS. VISIBILITY IS MAINLY GOOD, BUT
REDUCED TO POOR AT TIMES ON HIGHWAY 6 IN THE BRUCE PENINSULA DUE TO SNOW
AND DRIFTING SNOW.
	
	SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING HAMILTON, NIAGARA, TORONTO, OSHAWA,
GUELPH, ORANGEVILLE, LINDSAY, PETERBOROUGH AND PORT HOPE AREAS.
	ALL HIGHWAYS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO ARE CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR SOME
CENTREBARE AND SLUSHY SECTIONS IN THE MANCHESTER AND SUTTON AREAS.
	
	EASTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING TRENTON, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON CORNWALL,
OTTAWA AND ARNPRIOR AREAS.
	ALL HIGHWAYS IN EASTERN ONTARIO ARE CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR THE ODD
SNOWPACKED OR ICY SECTIONS ON THE EDGES OF HIGHWAYS IN THE OTTAWA-
CORNWALL REGION, HOWEVER THE 417 AND 17 ARE CLEAR. FURTHERMORE HIGHWAY
509 IS CENTREBARE.
	
	CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING PARRY SOUND, MUSKOKA, HUNTSVILLE,
HALIBURTON, BANCROFT AND PEMBROKE AREAS.
	ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL ONTARIO ARE CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR HIGHWAYS
11 AND 69 WHICH ARE BARE WITH LIGHT SNOWCOVERED SECTIONS. SECONDARIES
ARE BARE WITH SNOWCOVERED AND SNOWPACKED SECTIONS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE
ICY SECTIONS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HUNTSVILLE- MUSKOKA REGION.
	
	OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ROUTES 
	QEW - CLEAR.
	400 - CLEAR TO BARRIE, BECOMING BARE WITH SNOWPACKED, SLUSHY AND ICY
SECTIONS TO COLDWATER.
	401 - EAST OF TORONTO - CLEAR TO THE QUEBEC BORDER, ALTHOUGH THE ODD
SNOWPACKED OR ICY SECTIONS ARE REPORTED ON THE EDGES OF THE HIGHWAY
BETWEEN BROCKVILLE AND THE BORDER.
	401 - WEST OF TORONTO - MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SNOWCOVERED SECTIONS IN THE
KITCHENER AREA, WHERE VISIBILITY CAN BE REDUCED TO FAIR TO POOR DUE TO
SNOW TURNING TO SQUALLS AT TIMES. 
	402 - CLEAR. 
	404 - CLEAR.
	417 - CLEAR.
	11 - TORONTO TO NORTH BAY - BARE IN THE TORONTO AREA, BECOMING BARE
WITH SNOWPACKED, SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS AROUND BARRIE-ORRILIA, THEN
BARE WITH LIGHTLY SNOWCOVERED SECTIONS BETWEEN GRAVENHURST AND
HUNTSVILLE, AND CLEAR AGAIN NEARING NORTH BAY.
	17 - HAWKESBURY TO PETAWAWA - CLEAR.
	69 - BARE WITH LIGHTLY SNOWCOVERED SECTIONS FROM THE 400 TO PARRY
SOUND, BECOMING BARE WITH ICY SECTIONS ALONG THE EDGES TO SUDBURY.
	
	NORTHERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING NORTH BAY, SUDBURY, TIMMINS, COCHRANE,
NEW LISKEARD AND SAULT STE. MARIE AREAS.
	HIGHWAY 17 FROM PETAWAWA WESTERLY THROUGH NORTH BAY TO BLIND RIVER IS
CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR SLUSHY SECTIONS EAST OF NORTH BAY; WEST OF BLIND RIVER
TO THE SOO THE 17 IS BARE TO SNOWCOVERED WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS, BECOMING
SNOWCOVERED TO SNOWPACKED NORTH OF THE SOO TO MARATHON; ICY SECTIONS ARE
ALSO REPORTED IN THE MARATHON AREA. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO FAIR
AND POOR AT TIMES IN THE BATCHAWANA AND AGAWA AREAS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW.
	HIGHWAY 11 FROM SOUTH RIVER TO NORTH BAY IS BARE, BECOMING BARE WITH
SNOWPACKED AND SLUSHY SECTIONS TO LATCHFORD; NORTHERLY THROUGH NEW
LISKEARD TO HEARST THE 11 BECOMES BARE TO CENTREBARE TO SNOWPACKED;
HOWEVER ICY SECTIONS ARE ALSO REPORTED IN THE NEW LISKEARD, ENGLEHART
AND SMOOTH ROCK FALLS AREAS.
	HIGHWAY 63 NEAR NORTH BAY IS BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED AND SLUSHY
SECTIONS. HIGHWAY 144 NEAR SUDBURY IS BARE TO CENTREBARE WITH SNOWPACKED
SECTIONS, BECOMING SNOWPACKED TOWARDS TIMMINS, WITH ICY SECTIONS
REPORTED IN THE GOGAMA AREA. HIGHWAY 101 IS MAINLY SNOWPACKED, WITH ICY
SECTIONS IN THE TIMMINS AREA.HIGHWAY 67 NEAR COCHRANE IS BARE TO
CENTREBARE TO SNOWPACKED, WHILE 655 IS SNOWPACKED. IN THE SUDBURY
REGION, HIGHWAY 69 TO THE SOUTH IS BARE WITH ICY SECTIONS ALONG THE
EDGES TO BRITT; HIGHWAY 108 IS BARE WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS, WHILE HIGHWAY
6 IS BARE WITH SNOWPACKED SECTIONS.
	
	NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING THUNDER BAY, NIPIGON, DRYDEN, KENORA,
AND FORT FRANCES AREAS.
	IN THE THUNDER BAY REGION, HIGHWAY 11 FROM NIPIGON TO EAST OF LONGLAC
IS BARE TO PARTLY SNOWCOVERED TO SNOWPACKED AND ICY, WHILE WEST OF
THUNDER BAY TO ATIKOKAN THE 11 IS CENTREBARE TO SNOWPACKED WITH ICY
SECTIONS. HIGHWAY 17 FROM TERRACE BAY THROUGH THUNDER BAY TO IGNACE IS
BARE TO CENTRE-BARE, WITH SNOW-PACKED, SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS. HIGHWAY
61 TO THE BORDER IS SNOW-PACKED WITH ICY SECTIONS.IN THE DRYDEN-KENORA-
FORT FRANCES REGION, ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE CENTRE-BARE TO SNOWPACKED AND
ICY.
	
	SECONDARY HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO.
	SECONDARY HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO ARE
MAINLY CENTREBARE TO SNOWPACKED WITH ICY SECTIONS.