Storm slides east

NOAA image of large storm this morning sliding just east of southwest Quebec and eastern Ontario.

Well computer models never really had a handle on this storm for southern Quebec. The flip flop between rain and snow had been going on for the last 48 hours. Now it appears this low pressure area off the mid-Atlantic coast this morning, will remain far enough east to limit any precipitation in our area. So warnings have been lowered in northern Vermont and New York. Where the storm will have an impact are the Green Mountains, White Mountains and the Townships from Sherbrooke south to the US border. In this area heavy wet snow will develop this afternoon and end on Saturday, with accumulations of 15-25cm forecast. So if skiing is your thing the weekend will be awesome in those regions with fresh snow on Saturday and clearing skies.

For the rest of us look for a light cold rain or wet snow to develop this afternoon along with gusty northeast winds and end overnight. I don't think Montreal will see more than 10mm of precipitation, mostly rain. The weekend calls for clearing skies Saturday along with near normal temperatures pushing plus 8C by Sunday afternoon.

A couple of signs of spring this morning - they were sweeping the streets on Ile Perrot when I left for work and believe it or not I had some plants poking out of the soil and through the light covering of snow left in my front yard, unreal!