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WWCN10 CWUL 071630
WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR QUEBEC
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 11:30 A.M. EST FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2025.
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WINTER STORM WARNING FOR:
MATANE
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS - GRANDE-VALLEE
GASPESIE NATIONAL PARK - MURDOCHVILLE.
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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.
VISIBILITY REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
WHEN:
FREEZING RAIN UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
WHERE:
THE RCMS OF MATANE AND HAUTE-GASPESIE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION FROM
RAIN TO SNOW TODAY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 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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