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Subject: Ontario Road Conditions Dec 31 2 am EST
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 2:02:42 EST
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       ONTARIO HIGHWAY TRAVEL CONDITIONS
    December 31 1992.

    SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING WINDSOR, CHATHAM, LONDON, STRATFORD,
WOODSTOCK, KITCHENER-WATERLOO, AND LAKE HURON AREAS.
    IN SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO VISIBILITY VARIES FROM GOOD TO FAIR AND POOR
AT TIMES IN THE WEST PART OF THE CHATHAM DISTRICT DUE TO RAIN AND LIGHT
TO MODERATE FOG. HOWEVER, ALL HIGHWAYS INCLUDING THE 401 AND 402 ARE
CLEAR.

    SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION: INCLUDING BARRIE, ORILLIA, LAKE
SIMCOE, COLLINGWOOD, OWEN SOUND AND MIDLAND AREAS.
    IN THE SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY-HURONIA REGION, VISIBILITY VARIES FROM
FAIR TO GOOD DUE TO FOG. MAIN HIGHWAYS INCLUDING THE 400 ARE CLEAR.

    SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING HAMILTON, NIAGARA, TORONTO, OSHAWA,
GUELPH, ORANGEVILLE, LINDSAY, PETERBOROUGH AND PORT HOPE AREAS.
    VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO VARIES FROM GOOD TO FAIR
AND POOR AT TIMES IN THE TORONTO AND BURLINGTON DISTRICTS DUE TO LIGHT,
MODERATE AND HEAVY FOG. HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING THE 401, 400 AND QEW, ARE
CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR ICY AND SLUSHY SECTIONS ON THE 401 EAST OF COBOURG,
AND ALL HIGHWAYS IN THE PORT HOPE-PETERBOROUGH REGION ARE BARE TO ICY
WITH SLUSHY SECTIONS.

    EASTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING TRENTON, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON CORNWALL,
OTTAWA AND ARNPRIOR AREAS.
    IN THE TRENTON-KINGSTON REGION, HIGHWAYS ARE BARE TO ICY, WHILE THE
401 IS BARE TO SLUSHY AND ICY. IN THE OTTAWA-CORNWALL REGION, ALL
HIGHWAYS ARE MOSTLY BARE WITH FEW ICY AND SLUSHY STRIPS.

    CENTRAL ONTARIO: INCLUDING PARRY SOUND, MUSKOKA, HUNTSVILLE,
HALIBURTON, BANCROFT AND PEMBROKE AREAS.
    IN THE BANCROFT-HALIBURTON REGION, MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE BARE TO SLUSHY
WITH ICY SECTIONS, WHILE SECONDARIES ARE BARE WITH SLUSHY, SNOW-PACKED
AND ICY SECTIONS. IN THE HUNTSVILLE-MUSKOKA REGION, HIGHWAYS 11, 69, 35
AND 60 ARE BARE WITH SOME ICY SECTIONS, WHILE SECONDARIES ARE BARE TO
CENTREBARE AND SLUSHY WITH SOME ICY SECTIONS. VISIBILITY VARIES FROM
GOOD TO FAIR AND POOR AT TIMES IN THE HUNTSVILLE DISTRICT DUE TO LIGHT
TO MODERATE FOG.

    OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ROUTES

    QEW - CLEAR BUT VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO FAIR AND POOR AT TIMES DUE
TO FOG.
    400 - CLEAR BUT VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO FAIR TO POOR AT TIMES IN THE
TORONTO REGION DUE TO FOG.
    401 - EAST OF TORONTO - MAINLY BARE TO COBOURG, BECOMING BARE WITH
ICY AND SLUSHY SECTIONS TO TRENTON; EAST OF TRENTON TO BROCKVILLE THE
401 IS BARE TO SLUSHY AND ICY, THEN EAST TO THE QUEBEC BORDER IT IS BARE
WITH FEW ICY AND SLUSHY STRIPS.
    401 - WEST OF TORONTO - CLEAR, ALTHOUGH VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO
FAIR, AND POOR AT TIMES NEAR TORONTO AND WINDSOR DUE TO FOG.
    402 - CLEAR, WITH FAIR VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO FOG.
    404 - CLEAR, ALTHOUGH VISIBILITY VARIES FROM FAIR TO POOR DUE TO FOG.
    417 - BARE WITH FEW ICY AND SLUSHY STRIPS.
    11 - TORONTO TO NORTH BAY - CLEAR ALL THE WAY TO NORTH BAY WITH SOME
ICY SECTIONS IN THE HUNTSVILLE REGION. VISIBILITY IS REDUCED ON THE 11
TO FAIR AND POOR AT TIMES DUE TO FOG.
    17 - HAWKESBURY TO PETAWAWA - BARE WITH FEW ICY AND SLUSHY STRIPS.
    69 - CLEAR ALL THE WAY TO SUDBURY WITH SOME ICY SECTIONS IN THE PARRY
SOUND-HUNTSVILLE DISTRICT. VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO FAIR AND POOR AT
TIMES FROM THE 400 TO PARRY SOUND DUE TO FOG.

    NORTHERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING NORTH BAY, SUDBURY, TIMMINS, COCHRANE,
NEW LISKEARD AND SAULT STE. MARIE AREAS.
    IN THE NORTH BAY REGION, HIGHWAY 11 IS BARE WITH LIGHT SNOW-COVERED
STRIPS TO THE NORTH. HIGHWAY 17 IS BARE WITH SLUSHY STRIPS TO THE EAST.
HIGHWAY 63 IS BARE WITH SLUSHY STRIPS.
    IN THE SUDBURY REGION, HIGHWAY 17 IS BARE WITH SLUSHY STRIPS TO THE
EAST AND CENTRE-BARE, SNOW-PACKED SECTIONS TO THE WEST; HIGHWAY 69S IS
BARE; HIGHWAY 144N IS BARE WITH SLUSHY, CENTRE-BARE AND SNOW-PACKED
SECTIONS; HIGHWAY 108 IS BARE TO SLUSHY WHILE HIGHWAY 6 IS BARE WITH
SNOW-PACKED STRIPS.
    IN THE NEW LISKEARD REGION, HIGHWAY 101 FROM MATHESON TO TIMMINS IS
BARE WITH ICY AND CENTRE-BARE SECTIONS AS WELL AS SNOW-PACKED STRIPS,
BECOMING LIGHTLY SNOWCOVERED IN THE FOLEYET AREA; HIGHWAY 11 IS BARE
WITH SNOW-PACKED AND SNOW-COVERED SECTIONS.
    IN THE COCHRANE REGION, HIGHWAY 11, 67 AND 655 ARE BARE TO CENTRE-
BARE WITH SNOW-PACKED AND LIGHTLY SNOW-COVERED SECTIONS.
    IN THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION, HIGHWAY 17, EAST TO BLIND RIVER IS
BARE TO LIGHTLY SNOW-COVERED, WHILE NORTH PASSING BY WAWA TO MARATHON IS
SNOW-COVERED AND SNOW-PACKED WITH ICY SECTIONS IN WAWA. VISIBILITY IN
THE SOO REGION IS GOOD, BECOMING GOOD TO FAIR IN ECHO BAY, WAWA AND
MARATHON, AND FAIR TO POOR IN BATCHAWANA, WHITE RIVER AND CHAPLEAU.

    NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: INCLUDING THUNDER BAY, NIPIGON, DRYDEN, KENORA,
AND FORT FRANCES AREAS.
    VISIBILITY IN THE THUNDER BAY REGION IS REDUCED TO FAIR AND POOR DUE
TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND DRIFTING. ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE SNOWCOVERED TO
SNOWPACKED WITH ICY SECTIONS WEST OF THUNDER BAY.
    IN THE KENORA REGION MAIN HIGHWAYS ARE SNOW-COVERED TO SNOW-PACKED
AND SLIPPERY.
    +++CLOSURE NOTE: HIGHWAY 61 IN THE THUNDER BAY REGION IS CLOSED IN
TWO LOCATIONS, AT HIGHWAY 130 AND NEAR THE AIRPORT, DUE TO AN ACCIDENT.
+++

    SECONDARY HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO.
    SECONDARY HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN ONTARIO ARE
MAINLY SNOWPACKED TO SNOWCOVERED WITH ICY SECTIONS.