From: clarinews@clarinet.com (SBN)
Newsgroups: ont.conditions
Subject: Ontario Road Conditions Dec 20 12 pm EST
Keywords: canadian broadcast, general weather, weather
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 12:28:51 EST
Location: ontario
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	roadreport-1215pes
	
	ONTARIO HIGHWAY TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
	AT 11:30 AM December 20, 1992.
	
	
	SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING WINDSOR, CHATHAM, LONDON,
	STRATFORD, WOODSTOCK, KITCHENER-WATERLOO, AND LAKE HURON 
	AREAS.
	
	ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARE CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR
	SOME ICY SECTIONS IN THE LONDON AREA, AND ICY SECTIONS AND STRIPS
	IN THE ARTHUR, HARRISTON AND GUELPH AREAS. HIGHWAY 24 NORTH IN THE
	SHELBURNE AREA IS SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY, DUE TO HEAVY DRIFTING
	SNOW, AND VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO POOR. 
	
	SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION: INCLUDING 
	BARRIE, ORILLIA, LAKE SIMCOE, COLLINGWOOD, OWEN SOUND AND 
	MIDLAND AREAS.
	
	VISIBILITY IS GOOD TO FAIR, AND POOR AT TIMES IN THE BRUCE
	PENINSULA, DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE GENERALLY CLEAR
	TO LIGHTLY SNOW-COVERED. THE 400 REMAINS 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, EXCEPT 
	IN THE PORT HOPE DISTRICT WHERE ICY SECTIONS ARE REPORTED ON ALL
	HIGHWAYS INCLUDING THE 401. VISIBILITY IS NOW GOOD.
	
	
	EASTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING TRENTON, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON 
	CORNWALL, OTTAWA AND ARNPRIOR AREAS.
	
	ALL HIGHWAYS IN EASTERN ONTARIO ARE CLEAR EXCEPT FOR SOME ICY SPOTS
	ON HIGHWAY 417 AND ON SECONDARIES IN THE OTTAWA DISTRICT. 
	VISIBILITY IS NOW GOOD THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
	
	
	
	CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING PARRY SOUND, MUSKOKA, HUNTSVILLE, 
	HALIBURTON, BANCROFT AND PEMBROKE AREAS.
	
	MAIN HIGHWAYS IN THE BANCROFT-HALIBURTON REGION ARE BARE TO CENTRE-
	BARE WITH SOME ICY, SLUSHY AND SNOW-COVERED SECTIONS, WHILE
	SECONDARY HIGHWAYS ARE BARE TO CENTRE-BARE WITH SNOWPACKED, SLUSHY
	AND ICY SECTIONS. IN THE HUNTSVILLE-MUSKOKA-PARRY SOUND REGION,
	HIGHWAYS 11 AND 69 ARE BARE TO LIGHTLY SNOW-COVERED WITH SLUSHY
	SECTIONS, WHILE HIGHWAYS 35, 60 AND SECONDARY HIGHWAYS ARE CENTRE-
	BARE TO LIGHTLY SNOWCOVERED WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS. VISIBILITY IS
	GENERALLY GOOD, BUT MAY BE REDUCED TO POOR IN THE HUNTSVILLE
	DISTRICT.
	
	
	OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ROUTES 
	
	QEW - CLEAR.
	
	400 - CLEAR. 
	
	401 - EAST OF TORONTO - CLEAR EXCEPT FOR ICY SECTIONS IN THE 
	PORT HOPE AREA.
	
	WEST OF TORONTO - CLEAR.
	
	
	417 - MAINLY CLEAR BUT WITH THE OCCASIONAL ICY SECTION.
	
	11 - TORONTO TO NORTH BAY - CLEAR IN THE TORONTO REGION. 
	IN THE HUNTSVILLE DISTRICT, IT IS BARE TO LIGHTLY SNOW- 
	COVERED WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS UP TO THE NORTH BAY REGION
	WHERE SOME ICY SECTIONS ARE REPORTED. 
	
	17 - HAWKESBURY TO PETAWAWA - CLEAR WITH THE ODD ICY SECTION.
	
	
	69 - BARE WITH THE ODD SLUSHY SECTION FROM THE 400 TO PARRY 
	SOUND, BECOMING BARE TO SLUSHY FROM PARRY SOUND TO 
	SUDBURY. 
	
	
	NORTHERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING NORTH BAY, SUDBURY, TIMMINS, 
	COCHRANE, NEW LISKEARD AND SAULT STE. MARIE AREAS.
	
	HIGHWAY 17 IS CENTRE-BARE AND SNOW-COVERED TO SNOW-PACKED WITH
	SLUSHY SECTIONS FROM PETAWAWA TO NORTH BAY, BECOMING LIGHTLY SNOW-
	COVERED TO BARE ALL THE WAY TO SUDBURY. WEST OF SUDBURY IT IS
	CENTRE-BARE TO SLUSHY. BETWEEN SUDBURY AND SAULT STE. MARIE, IT IS
	BARE TO CENTREBARE TO SNOW-PACKED, BECOMING BARE, SNOW-COVERED, AND
	SLUSHY WITH DRIFTED SECTIONS IN THE BLIND RIVER AREA. NORTH UP TO
	WAWA, IT IS SNOW-COVERED TO SNOW-PACKED, BECOMING CENTRE-BARE,
	SNOW-PACKED, SLUSHY AND SNOW-COVERED TOWARD MARATHON. 
	HIGHWAY 11, FROM SOUTH RIVER TO NORTH BAY IS BARE, SNOW-COVERED
	AND SLUSHY WITH ICY SECTIONS. FROM NORTH BAY TO MATHESON, IT IS
	BARE TO CENTRE-BARE TO SNOW-PACKED TO SLUSHY. UP TO HEARST, IT IS
	BARE WITH SNOW-COVERED, SNOW-PACKED AND SLUSHY STRIPS, AND WITH ICY
	SIDES IN THE NAGAGAMI AREA.
	HIGHWAY 63 IN THE NORTH BAY REGION IS CENTRE-BARE TO SNOW-COVERED
	TO SNOW-PACKED WITH SLUSHY AND ICY SECTIONS. 
	HIGHWAY 144, BETWEEN SUDBURY AND TIMMINS, IS BARE TO CENTRE-BARE
	TO SLUSHY TO SNOW-COVERED.
	HIGHWAY 101, FROM MATHESON TO TIMMINS, IS BARE TO CENTRE-BARE TO
	SNOWCOVERED TO SNOW-PACKED TO SLUSHY, BECOMING SNOW-COVERED TO
	SNOW-PACKED IN THE FOLEYET AREA. 
	HIGHWAYS 67, 655, 6, 108, 540, AND 637 IN THE COCHRANE AND SUDBURY
	REGIONS ARE SNOWCOVERED TO SNOW-PACKED.
	NEAR SUDBURY, HIGHWAY 69 IS BARE TO CENTRE-BARE TO SLUSHY TO SNOW-
	COVERED.
	VISIBILITY IS GENERALLY GOOD, BUT REDUCED TO FAIR IN THE NORTH BAY
	REGION, AND FAIR TO POOR IN THE ECHO BAY, AGAWA AND GOULAIS AREAS
	IN THE SOO DISTRICT, DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY BLOWING SNOW.
	
	NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING THUNDER BAY, NIPIGON, 
	DRYDEN, KENORA AND FORT FRANCES AREAS.
	
	HIGHWAY 17, FROM TERRACE BAY TO THUNDER BAY, IS BARE WITH LIGHTLY
	SNOW-COVERED SECTIONS, AND IN THUNDER BAY IT IS BARE WITH ICY
	SECTIONS. TO IGNACE, IT IS CENTRE-BARE TO SNOW-PACKED WITH LIGHT
	SNOW-COVERED AND ICY SECTIONS, BECOMING BARE WITH LIGHTLY SNOW-
	PACKED SECTIONS TO THE MANITOBA BORDER.
	HIGHWAY 11 NORTH FROM NIPIGON IS BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED AND CENTRE-
	BARE SECTIONS. FROM NIPIGON WEST TO ATIKOKAN, IT IS SNOW-PACKED TO
	SNOW-COVERED, BECOMING BARE WITH LIGHTLY SNOW-PACKED SECTIONS TO
	THE MANITOBA BORDER.
	HIGHWAYS 71, 72 AND 105 IN THE KENORA REGION ARE BARE TO CENTRE-
	BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED SECTIONS.
	VISIBILITY IS GOOD BUT MAY BE REDUCED TO FAIR IN THE BEARDMORE
	AREA DUE TO LIGHT SNOW.
	
	SECONDARY HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO.
	
	SECONDARY HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO
	ARE MAINLY CENTRE-BARE, SNOWCOVERED TO SNOWPACKED TO SLUSHY, WITH
	ICY SECTIONS REPORTED IN THE NORTH BAY, COCHRANE AND THUNDER BAY
	REGIONS.
	
	
	
	UNLESS CONDITIONS CHANGE, THE NEXT SCHEDULED REPORT WILL BE ISSUED
	December 20, 1992 AT 3:30 PM.
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