There are a number of road closures in our area this morning because of dangerous driving conditions due to snowsqualls and poor visibility:
Hwy. 21 - from Grand Bend north to Port Elgin.
Hwy. 9 - from Hwy. 21 at Kincardine to Walkerton.
Hwy. 4 - from Exeter to Clinton
The OPP is now advising that the only Bruce County Rd. closed is:
Bruce Rd. 23 - from Lorne Beach to Bruce Rd. 15
In Huron County closures are:
County Rd. 25 Blyth to Hwy. 21 and County Rd. 83 from Exeter to Hwy. 21.
The OPP and the MTO advise that visiblity is very poor in many other areas, and drivers are urged to use extreme caution, or change their morning travel plans.
Perth County Ontario Provincial Police is urging motorists to evaluate their travel plans due to the severe weather conditions. The strong westerly winds are generating snow squalls resulting in poor visibility due to blowing snow. These conditions are making travel difficult and have resulted in many vehicles leaving roadways and entering ditches. Motorists are asked to post pone none-essential trips until conditions improve.
OPP also asking not to call the Provincial Communications Centre for road and weather conditions. Police will not provide this information. By calling the PCC it ties up phone lines that others depend on for emergency situations.
And it will be cold.
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for all of midwestern Ontario, saying windchill values could plummet below -30 C on Wednesday.
There are also snow squall warnings for Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties.
The national weather service says the cold front, mixed with strong northerly winds, will hit our region on Wednesday afternoon. This will cause windchill values to stay near or below -30 C into the overnight hours.
Huron, Perth, Wellington, Bruce and Grey County are all listed under the warning.
Road closures can be found by clicking here.
For more on the forecast, click here.
For school closures, click here.
--with files from Steve Sabourin and Marty Thompson--