Southern Quebec will be treated to its first snowfall on Wednesday, both in the capital and in the metropolis.
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for several areas, including Quebec City, Lévis, Bellechasse, Côte-de-Beaupré – L’Île d’Orléans, Lotbinière, Portneuf, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon and Valcartier – Stoneham.
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A total of 15 to 25 centimeters of snow is expected in these regions on Wednesday. The snow will start Wednesday morning, intensify in the followingnoon and stop during the evening.
A special weather report was also issued for the areas of the island of Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Varennes, Châteauguay, La Prairie.
In these places, between 5 and 10 centimeters of snow are expected throughout the day. The amount of snow might exceed 10 centimeters in Trois-Rivières.
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However, it is the Eastern Townships that should receive the most snow, according to Jean-Philippe Bégin, meteorologist at Environment Canada. Between 10 and 20 centimeters are expected there, “and we might exceed twenty on high ground,” he said in an interview with the QMI Agency.
This first broadside for the south of the province arrives “a little earlier”, indicated the meteorologist who underlines however that this “is nothing exceptional”. For Montreal, for example, the average date for the first snowfall is November 27.
On the temperature side, they are “slightly below normal for the season, between two and four degrees below”, added Mr. Bégin.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the mercury should drop to -5°C in Quebec with a wind chill index of nearly -10. During the day Wednesday, temperatures will fluctuate between -1°C and -2°C with a wind chill index of -8
The situation will be similar in Montreal where it will be -2°C overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday with a wind chill index of -8. On Wednesday, the mercury will show between 1°C and -1°C, with a feeling of -8.
Environment Canada took the opportunity to call for caution on the roads: “The rapid accumulation of snow might make travel difficult in some places. Visibility can be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.
