Friday, February 27, 2009

Flash Freeze Warning

Heavy rain and mild temperatures produced massive potholes in Montreal today.

Temperatures are free falling behind a cold front in southern Quebec at this hour. It was the same story in Kemptville this afternoon. In one hour the mercury fell from 7C (45F)to -1C (30F) between 3 and 4pm. In Montreal we were 6C last hour and now we are down to -4C with steady snow and gusty winds. Roads have iced up and visibility is below 1km in snow. The snow should end quickly and skies clear with lows close to -20C in Kempville and -13C in Montreal.

Today the region had very heavy rain most of the afternoon. I don't have a rain gauge at my new location as of yet but I have to think at least 20mm fell. We will have to wait and see what the official amount was at the airport for Montreal and MNR building in Kemptville. I will post that data tomorrow.

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