Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Major Snowstorm for Ontario/Quebec

So much for being eased into winter this year. With nothing more than a flake falling in Kemptville to date, we are about to get a major snowstorm. Low pressure, a strong Nor' Easter developed last night near Cape Hatteras, and has lifted towards the New Jersey coast this morning. It will continue to move north towards Montreal today while intensifying rapidly. An area of rain as already started this morning in our region. The rain will become heavy as the day moves along and will change to snow in Kemptville and points west by sunset tonight. The snow will be heavy and wet overnight and taper off by morning. Expected accumulations in Kemptville will be around 15cm. More snow is expected just to our west and at higher elevations with less to our east towards the Quebec border. In addition very strong winds of 50-70km/h will develop rapidly today with this storm and will only die down early Wednesday.

This is a dangerous storm due to it arrival in late October. You should cancel all travel plans till mid-day Wednesday if you are going south or east. If heading west, due so early today. West of Kingston precipitation from this system will end rapidly with little more than a flurrie expected in Toronto. East of the area it will be a heavy rain event in Montreal with only a couple of centimetres towards the end of the storm.

Winter Storm Watch: Eastern Ontario
Winter Weather Advisory: St. Lawrence Valley of NY
Winter Storm Warning: Adirondacks
Heavy Snow Warning for western Quebec north and west of Montreal

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