WEATHER ALERT: High wind warning issued for south Niagara

JOHN ROBBINS/Bullet News

NIAGARA – Environment Canada has issued a high wind warning for Niagara Falls, Welland and the rest of south Niagara, effective from 4:45 a.m. Saturday.

The following is the text of the warning:

Niagara Falls – Welland – Southern Niagara Region

4:45 AM EST Saturday 19 January 2013

Wind warning for

Niagara Falls – Welland – Southern Niagara Region issued

West winds gusting to 90 km/h beginning tonight.

Southwest winds gusting up to 70 km/h will affect regions near Eastern Lake Erie for much of the day. However, as a strong low pressure system passes by to the north tonight, west winds will increase to 60 km/h gusting to 90 for Southern Niagara as well as Picton.

The high winds will diminish slowly on Sunday as the low pressure system moves into Quebec.

Print Friendly

Written by on January 19, 2013 in Fort Erie, News Now, Niagara Bullets, Niagara Falls, Pelham, Port Colborne, Wainfleet, Weather - No comments

Leave a Comment

Please note: JavaScript is required to post comments.

Spam protection by WP Captcha-Free

About the Author

John Robbins

John Robbins, an award-winning multimedia journalist, joined Bullet News as a staff writer in January 2011. He was named editor in April 2013. The veteran reporter worked in Niagara and Fort Erie for more than a decade, using his investigative skills in a wide range of beats, including local politics, health/environment, education, business and tourism. His writing has earned him six Ontario Newspaper Awards Robbins, born and raised in Niagara Falls, studied at Emmanuel Bible College and Brock University before graduating from the Journalism-Print program at Niagara College, where he earned several scholarships and awards. During his 11 years as a reporter at the Niagara Falls Review, Robbins, who was Fort Erie bureau chief from 2002-2006, was instrumental in bringing video and e-reporting skills into daily practice at the newspaper and helped build its web and social media audiences. In 2009, Robbins received an appointment to journalism-print advisory committee at Niagara College. Robbins lives in Ridgeway.