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In southwestern Ontario, 10 locations set records for lowest total precipitation for the month. The locations that experienced significant snowfall events during the month received nearnormal precipitation amounts as a result. Severe Weather A couple of winter weather episodes over northern Ontario and the first appreciable snow squall event southeast of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay were the most notable severe weather events during the month of November. The first one began on the morning of November 10 as a low-pressure system moved northeastward into Nebraska. Some freezing precipitation along the northern edge of the system then began in portions of northwestern Ontario. A day later, the storm had spread a messy mixture of snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and rain across the areas north of Lake Superior and into northeastern Ontario. 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This set up a classic lake-effect snow situation. Fortunately, the heaviest bands of snow did not remain over any one single area for a prolonged period of time. However, from November 23 to November 26, winds from the west and northwest sent bands of snow over the Bruce Peninsula and over areas around southern Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe. As the flurry activity died down late on November 26, the Wiarton area had refrom the Dakotas on the mor- ceived roughly 36 centimeters, ning of November 22. By the Barrie area had picked up late in the day, the storm had some 25 centimeters and areas moved northeast of Lake Su- to the north of Lake Simcoe perior. What began as rain had received local amounts of in the Thunder Bay area that 20 centimeters or more. evening changed over to snow during the early morning hours of the next day. 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