From: clarinews@clarinet.com ((MTO/Standard Broadcast News))
Newsgroups: ont.conditions
Subject: Ontario Road Conditions Jan 21 3 pm EST
Keywords: canadian broadcast, general weather, weather
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:38:58 EST
Location: ontario
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Slugword: OntRoadReport
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	ONTARIO HIGHWAY TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT 3:30 PM January 21, 1993.
	
	SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING WINDSOR, CHATHAM, LONDON, STRATFORD,
WOODSTOCK, KITCHENER-WATERLOO, AND LAKE HURON AREAS.
	All highways in South-Western Ontario are clear, however there are
some lightly snow-covered sections on highways in the Harriston and
Wingham areas due to drifting snow, and some slushy sections on highways
around Goderich.
	
	SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION: INCLUDING BARRIE, ORILLIA, LAKE
SIMCOE, COLLINGWOOD, OWEN SOUND AND MIDLAND AREAS.
	All main highways, including the 400, are clear, although visibility
varies from good to fair due to fog in the east end of the region,
particularly in low-lying areas.
	
	SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING HAMILTON, NIAGARA, TORONTO, OSHAWA,
GUELPH, ORANGEVILLE, LINDSAY, PETERBOROUGH AND PORT HOPE AREAS. 
	All main highways in South-Central Ontario are clear.
	
	EASTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING TRENTON, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON CORNWALL,
OTTAWA AND ARNPRIOR AREAS.
	All highways in Eastern Ontario areas are clear. 
	
	CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING PARRY SOUND, MUSKOKA, HUNTSVILLE,
HALIBURTON, BANCROFT AND PEMBROKE AREAS.
	All main highways in the Haliburton-Bancroft region are clear, while
secondary highways are bare with slushy and snow-packed sections. In the
Huntsville, Muskoka and Parry Sound regions, main highways are clear,
while secondaries are bare with some centrebare and snowpacked sections.
	
	OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ROUTES 
	QEW - Clear.
	400 - Clear, although visibility may be reduced to fair at times
north of Highway 9 to Coldwater due to fog. 
	401 - EAST OF TORONTO - Clear.
	401 - WEST OF TORONTO - Clear.
	402 - Clear.
	403 - Clear.
	404 - Clear.
	417 - Clear.
	11 - TORONTO TO NORTH BAY - Clear, although visibility may be reduced
to fair at times in the Barrie-Orillia region due to fog.
	17 - HAWKESBURY TO PETAWAWA - Clear.
	69 - Clear.
	
	NORTHERN ONTARIO: 
	
	NORTH BAY-NIPISSING REGIONS: All main highways are clear.
NEW LISKEARD-MATHESON-TIMMINS Highway 11 is bare with centre-bare snow-
packed sections. Highway 101 between Matheson and Timmins is clear with
icy sections in the Matheson area, while around Foleyet it is clear.
Highway 144 is bare with some wet sections around Timmins. 
	
	COCHRANE-HEARST-KAPUSKASING REGIONS: Highway 11 is clear except for
some icy sections in the Kapuskasing area. Highways 655 and 67 are
clear.
	
	SUDBURY-ALGOMA-NICKEL BELT REGIONS: All main highways are clear with
some wet sections around Walford and Eliot Lake due to rain in those
areas.
	
	SAULT STE MARIE-WAWA-MARATHON REGIONS: Highway 17 east is clear,
however north to Marathon it is icy with bare sections. CLOSURE NOTICE:
Highway 17 north from Batchawana to Marathon is closed due to icy
conditions. All secondary highways in the area are also closed. This
includes 631 and 101 east of Wawa.
	
	NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: 
	
	NIPIGON-THUNDER BAY-ATIKOKAN REGIONS: Light wet flurries changing to
rain and freezing rain are falling east of Thunder Bay. In the Thunder
Bay area, light wet flurries changing to light freezing rain is falling;
west of Thunder Bay light to moderate wet flurries are falling. Highway
11/17 is bare and wet with lightly snow- covered, slushy, centre-bare
and icy sections. Highway 11 from Nipigon north is bare and wet to
lightly snow-covered, slushy and icy. Highway 17 east to Terrace Bay is
snow-packed, snow-covered, slushy and icy and visibility is reduced to
fair due to precipitation. Highway 61 to the border is bare with slushy
sections; continuing to Duluth it is bare with icy sections and driving
is not advised. Highway 17 west to Ignace is centre-bare to lightly
snow-covered with slushy and icy sections. Highway 11 west to Ignace is
centre-bare to lightly snow-covered with slushy and icy sections. 
	CLOSURE NOTICE: Highway 17 east between Terrace Bay and Marathon is
closed due to icy road conditions.
	
	FORT FRANCES-RAINY RIVER-ATIKOKAN-REGIONS: Light flurries are falling
around Kenora, and light to moderate snow is falling around Sioux
Lookout. Light rain is falling around Red Lake. Highway 17 west is bare
to lightly snow-covered and slushy in places. Highway 17 east is bare to
wet with icy sections. Highway 105 is bare to centre-bare.
	
	SECONDARY HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO.
Secondary highways are mainly centrebare to snowpacked with icy
sections. 
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