2024-01-13 13:12:39
The heavy precipitation that swept southern Quebec since late Friday evening continues Saturday and extends to the rest of the province, promising up to 40 cm of additional snow in places.
Environment Canada has issued several weather alerts for “snow warning” (10 to 15 cm) or “winter storm” (15 to 40 cm) in certain regions and even “storm surge” announcing overflowing of the river and coasts in places .
The North Shore of the St. Lawrence River will be the most affected by the low pressure system coming from Texas, which is bringing this storm to Quebec.
For these regions affected by storm surges, the federal agency affirms that “the combination of these winds and the fact that we are currently in a period of high amplitude tides risks causing an overflow in several sectors along the coast in the neighborhood”.
Estrie should also see a certain amount of precipitation, up to 5 cm of snow in places, but mostly rain, which could turn into freezing rain during the day.
For the rest of the province, precipitation is expected to be 15 cm and more snow, apart from the Montreal region and Montérégie, where precipitation will be milder.
“The rapid accumulation of snow will make travel difficult. Visibility can be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow,” warned Environment Canada, which recommends caution on the roads.
Snow quantity and alerts by region
- Abitibi: Snow warning (15cm)
- Amqui – Matapedia valley: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Beauce: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Blanc-Sablon: Winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Charlevoix: Storm surge and winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Drummondville – Bois-Francs: Snow warning (15cm)
- Estrie: Wind warning
- Fermont: Snow warning (15cm)
- Gatineau: Winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Magdalen Islands: Wind alert
- Kamourasaka – Rivière-du-Loup – Trois-pistoles: Storm surge and winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- La Tuque: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Lac-Saint-Jean: Winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Lachute – Saint-Jérôme: Winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Lanaudière: Winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Laurentide: Winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Les Escoumins – Forestville: Storm surge and winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Mauricie: Winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Mont-Laurier: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Montmagny – L’Islet: Storm surge and winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Metropolitan Montreal: Snow warning (15 cm)
- Natashquan: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- New Carlisle – Chandler: Storm surge and winter storm (15 to 30 cm)
- Parc du Mont-Tremblant – Saint-Michel-des-Saints: Winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Forillon National Park – Gaspé – Percé: Winter storm (15 to 30 cm)
- Gaspésie National Park – Murdochville: Winter storm (15 to 30 cm)
- Parent – Gouin reservoir: Winter storm (15 to 30 cm)
- Pontiac: Winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Quebec: Storm surge and winter storm (20 to 30cm)
- Laurentides Wildlife Reserve: Winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- La Vérendrye wildlife reserve: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Restigouche – Bonaventure: Storm surge and winter storm (15 to 30 cm)
- Rimouski – Mont-Joli: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Manicouagan River: Winter storm (15 to 20 cm)
- Saguenay: Storm surge and winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Sept-Îles – Port-Cartier: Storm surge and winter storm (25 to 40 cm)
- Témiscamingue: Winter storm (15 to 25 cm)
- Richelieu Valley – Saint-Hyacinthe: Snow warning (15 cm)
- Vaudreuil – Soulanges – Huntingdon: Snow warning (15 cm)
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