The March storm has been “hugely impactful” to communities in northeastern Ontario, according to an Environment Canada meteorologist.
Geoff Coulson, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the Sudbury area received “easily” more than 30 centimetres of snow before it turned to freezing rain in the morning, while the Sault Ste. Marie area received more than 40 centimetres and it’s still snowing there.
Coulson says the federal weather agency doesn’t have exact amounts of snow because it has been blowing so much.
He said the storm “will be remembered as one of the biggest March storms that we had in that area in quite some time.”
Coulson said the storm is expected to continue Monday night into early Tuesday. “This could still have impacts, reverberations, right in through the day into Tuesday, maybe even into Wednesday, before things start to settle somewhat,” he said.
According to the forecast for Tuesday, some flurries are in store for Sudbury in the morning and the city has a 40 per cent chance of flurries in the afternoon. There will be blowing snow in the morning and early afternoon, the federal weather agency said.
As for temperatures, it will be cold. The high is -11 C in the morning, when the wind chill will make it feel like -33. In the afternoon, the wind chill will make it feel like -19. There is a risk of frostbite.