School buses cancelled, power outages, road closures around the region.
Snowfall reached 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 inches)
Environment Canada says the latest wintry punch to hit Thunder Bay and area dropped between 20 and 30 cm of snow.
The wet snow knocked trees onto power lines and caused widespread outages, especially in rural areas of the city.
Hydro One’s website indicated over 5,000 customers around Thunder Bay were still offline late Friday.
All school buses in Thunder Bay and in rural areas were cancelled on Friday, and many rural schools were closed.
Thunder Bay, a city of 121,000 in Ontario, Canada, is located on the northern shore of Lake Superior about 10 miles northeast of the Minnesota border.
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Snowfall amounts for parts of Ontario
There were also snowfall reports in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island but they were at the most 11 cm (4.3″).ONTARIO
Issued by Environment Canada at 6:50 P.M. EDT Friday 25 April 2014.
Another spring snowfall for much of Northwestern Ontario. The heavy wet snow resulted in winter driving conditions and also may have played a role in a number of power outages being reported in the Superior West region.
The daily snowfall record for the Thunder Bay weather station is 19.8 cm (7.8″) set on 25-April-1950.
With some melting and compaction going on, total snowfall amounts may have been somewhat higher than reported.
Location…………snowfall amount Centimetres (and inches)
Cameron Falls………………..5 (2.9″) estimated
Thunder Bay city…………….18 (7.1″) from meteorologist
Thunder Bay Airport………….19 (7.5″) estimated
Just west of Thunder Bay……..30 (11.8″)from meteorologist
Thunder Bay hilldale road…….33 (13.0″) measured from public
Thunder Bay mckibbin street…..15 to 20 (5.9″ to 7.9″) estimated
Nolalu……………………..15 to 30 (5.9″ to 11.8″) estimated from public
Mink mountain……………….15 to 20 (5.9″ to 7.9″) estimated from public
40 km northeast of Thunder Bay..11 (4.3″) volunteer spotter
Mine Centre (W Atikokan)………8 (3.1″) climate spotter
Fort Frances…………………5 to 10 (2.0″ to 3.9″) estimated
Atikokan…………………….5 to 10 (2.0″ to 3.9″) estimated
Upsala……………………..11 (4.3″) estimatedhttp://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html
Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link