Blowing snow on its way to central Ontario

A snow-covered road in central Ontario in this undated file image. CTV NEWS/BARRIE.

A winter weather travel advisory has been issued for areas of central Ontario on Monday leading into Tuesday morning.

A heavy burst of snow is expected in the Barrie area with small local amounts of accumulation, however, to the north and eastern regions, five to 15 centimetres are expected, with a northwesterly wind gusting up to 70 kilometres per hour.

Environment Canada issued the snow advisory for:

• Barrie,
• Collingwood,
• Hillsdale,
• Midland,
• Coldwater,
• Orr Lake,
• Orangeville,
• Grand Valley,
• Southern and Northern Dufferin County,
• Shelburne,
• Mansfield,
• Hanover,
• Dundalk,
• Southern and Northern Grey County,
• Owen Sound,
• The Blue Mountains,
• Port Carling,
• Port Severn,
• Huntsville,
• Baysville,
• Parry Sound,
• Rosseau and
• Killbear Park.

The national weather agency says in a new release that “drivers are to expect hazardous winter driving conditions and to plan travel plans accordingly.”

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