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FPCN12 CWQB 281618  
FORECASTS FOR NORTHERN QUEBEC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT  
11:30 A.M. EST SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.  
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 3:45 P.M. EST.  
 
JAMES BAY AND LA GRANDE RIVER.  
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS AFTERNOON THEN CLEARING. BLOWING  
SNOW. WIND NORTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO  
MINUS 25 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 40 THIS AFTERNOON.  
FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.  
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. WIND WEST  
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING LIGHT LATE THIS EVENING. LOW  
MINUS 30. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 42. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.  
SUNDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE  
MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING  
WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH MINUS 23. WIND CHILL  
MINUS 40 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 33 IN THE AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN  
MINUTES. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
LG QUATRE - LAFORGE AND FONTANGES.  
TODAY..SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 50 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 70. HIGH MINUS 9 WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 20  
THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 32 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF  
FROSTBITE.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLEARING.  
LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60  
DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 30. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 32 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 42 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN  
MINUTES.  
SUNDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH  
MINUS 24. WIND CHILL MINUS 43 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 35 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
SCHEFFERVILLE.  
TODAY..SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND  
SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 11. WIND CHILL MINUS 24 THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN  
PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND WEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80. LOW MINUS 25. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 24 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 40 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN  
MINUTES.  
SUNDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO  
20 GUSTING TO 40 IN THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 23. WIND CHILL MINUS 41  
IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 34 IN THE AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.  
UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
FERMONT.  
TODAY..SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND  
SOUTH 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING WEST 50 GUSTING TO 70 LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 21 THIS AFTERNOON.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLEARING.  
BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. WIND WEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70  
DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 27. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 21 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 38 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF  
FROSTBITE.  
SUNDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH MINUS 22.  
WIND CHILL MINUS 39 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 33 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
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