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WWCN10 CWUL 070956
WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR QUEBEC
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:56 A.M. EST FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2025.
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WINTER STORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= GRANDE-VALLEE AREA
=NEW= MURDOCHVILLE AREA
MATANE
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS AREA
MONT-ALBERT AREA
GRANDE-RIVIERE - CASCAPEDIA AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING - REPLACES FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
GRANDE-VALLEE AREA.
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==DISCUSSION==
DIFFICULT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO END THE WEEK.
WHAT:
A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 20 TO 40 CENTIMETRES.
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW.
WHEN:
FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY MORNING OR NEAR MIDDAY.
HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR AFTERWARDS AND CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY
EVENING.
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
WHERE:
THE RCMS OF MATANE AND HAUTE-GASPESIE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN
TO SNOW ON FRIDAY MORNING AND NOON. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW
AND VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
WILL THEN PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOWDRIFTS ON ROADS.
ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.
CONSIDER POSTPONING NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
PREPARE FOR QUICKLY CHANGING AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITY WILL BE SUDDENLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS
AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN MULTIPLE TYPES OF SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TOGETHER.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
QCSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)QCSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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