Weather Watchers – YEAR ENDS IN A FOG

Written by Laura Lea Comeau on 31 December 2010

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One of the new features for 2011 will be our Weather Watchers club, open to all OntarioNewsNorth.com readers, Weather Watchers is for anyone seeing extraordinary weather conditions (whether it be a beautiful sunset, or like in this post challenging weather that slows us all down) who captures them via photo(s) or video(s). Weather Watchers will be a category to enjoy the extremes that are our Northshore, warn neighbours of bad weather happening/arriving or share a secret natural beauty that others may want to visit and enjoy. SEND your photo(s) or video(s) of extraordinary weather occurences to WeatherWatchers@OntarioNewsNorth.com

Photographer Fearless in Fog

Highway 17 Northshore of Lake Superior; Photo Copyright Laura Lee Comeau 2010

HIGHWAY 17 N, ON – December 30th, artist Laura Lee Comeau was travelling and could not resist capturing these images of one of many salt trucks she saw while driving, “out in force” as she described them, in anticipation, she guessed, of the snows the Northshore is currently expecting. As temperatures dropped today fog was terrible, in Manitouwadge Kiwissa Ski Centre was closed due to poor visibility caused by the fog, on the highway, especially near Terrace Bay and Schreiber, Comeau reported the visibility as next to none “About 50yrds when lucky”.

Thanks to Laura for her great photos, to see her art, visit her website at www.LauraComeauArt.com

Highway 17, Northshore of Lake Superior; Photo Copyright Laura Lee Comeau 2010

FORECASTS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA

TERRACE BAY/SCHREIBER

Flash freeze warning in effect.

Tonight: Periods of rain or drizzle changing to periods of snow mixed with ice pellets overnight. Risk of freezing rain before morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 cm. Fog patches dissipating near midnight. Wind south 20 km/h becoming northeast 20 late this evening. Low minus 9.
Friday: Periods of snow. Snow mixed with ice pellets early in the morning. Risk of freezing rain early in the morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 10.
Friday night: Cloudy. 60 percent chance of snow in the evening. Snow mixed with ice pellets beginning late in the evening. Risk of freezing rain before morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h becoming light overnight. Temperature rising to zero by morning.
Saturday: Snow. High zero.
Sunday: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 19. High minus 10.
Monday: Snow. Low minus 17. High minus 6.
Tuesday: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 15. High minus 10.
Wednesday: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 15. High minus 9.

MARATHON

Flash freeze warning in effect.

Tonight: Periods of rain or drizzle changing to periods of snow mixed with ice pellets overnight. Risk of freezing rain before morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 cm. Fog patches dissipating near midnight. Wind south 20 km/h becoming northeast 20 late this evening. Low minus 9.
Friday: Periods of snow. Snow mixed with ice pellets early in the morning. Risk of freezing rain early in the morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 10.
Friday night: Cloudy. 60 percent chance of snow in the evening. Snow mixed with ice pellets beginning late in the evening. Risk of freezing rain before morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h becoming light overnight. Temperature rising to zero by morning.
Saturday: Snow. High zero.
Sunday: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 19. High minus 10.
Monday: Snow. Low minus 17. High minus 6.
Tuesday: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 15. High minus 10.
Wednesday: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 15. High minus 9.