KENORA — A winter storm that blew through Northwestern Ontario is moving out of areas to the west of Thunder Bay, according to the national weather office.
The Alberta clipper caused snowfall warnings for a number of communities in the region over the past several hours. Alberta clippers are named because they originate in the Canadian Rockies before travelling across the Prairies and into our region, said Steven Flisfeder, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada.
Flisfeder said that as of late Friday morning, those warnings were being rescinded, meaning the worst of the storm is over.
Some communities, such as Red Lake, saw an estimated 21 centimetres of snow, he said, while Environment and Climate Change Canada automated monitoring stations in Upsala and Sioux Lookout recorded about 15 centimetres each.
The automated stations, he said estimate snowfall in a given storm based on how much the level of snow on the ground has changed in the past 24 hours.
The warnings were warning residents that rapidly accumulating snow will make travel more difficult and that surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may be tough to navigate safely.
