WOCN11 CWTO 060214 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9:14 P.M. EST WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WEATHER ADVISORY FOR: GATINEAU. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== WINTER WEATHER TRAVEL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY. HAZARDS: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 CM. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW. POSSIBLE FREEZING DRIZZLE BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TIMING: BEGINNING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. DISCUSSION: CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THURSDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ADJUST TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY. POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO TRANSPORTATION DELAYS. SLOW DOWN DRIVING IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. WATCH FOR TAILLIGHTS AHEAD AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE. IF VISIBILITY IS REDUCED WHILE DRIVING, TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN GATINEAU, SEND AN EMAIL TO ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)QCSTORM. HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA END/OSPC