A winter storm will sweep across Quebec on Tuesday and Wednesday bringing with it a cocktail of rain, freezing rain and snow, with the mercury rising overnight.
Environment Canada’s warning announces the advent of a low pressure system that will affect the west of the province on Tuesday morning before moving east, leaving significant accumulations of ice and snow on the ground. places.
For the Montreal area and the entire St. Lawrence River valley, 5 to 10 centimeters of ice is expected in the evening and next night, when temperatures will be above freezing, possibly reaching 8 degrees. in the metropolis.
In the Outaouais and the western sectors of the province, the snow will start in the morning to leave accumulations of 10 centimeters on the ground accompanied by blowing snow and falling temperatures reaching -12 degrees.
For Estrie, Mauricie and Beauce, the weather will generally be cloudy, but the freezing rain will set in in the evening before changing quickly to heavy rain during the night due to the warming of the thermometer which will bring the mercury up to 9 degrees.
The Quebec region will be hit with snow with a few centimeters in the northern sectors and an episode of ice south of the river, while temperatures will drop from -7 to 0 degrees overnight.
In northern areas, the weather will be cold and accumulations of 15 to 20 centimeters of snow are expected, according to the federal agency, while in areas further east the storm could leave accumulations of 20 centimeters of snow. with risk of freezing rain.