Most regions of Quebec will receive heavy amounts of rain this weekend, starting Friday, warns Environment Canada. Mountainous terrain north of the river could receive 70 millimeters of rain.
The long period of sunshine is ending for the majority of regions of Quebec. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of heavy rain.
In the west of the province, the rain is expected to start late in the day and intensify over the weekend. 50 to 80 millimeters of precipitation are expected in most areas. The majority of precipitation is forecast for Saturday.
As the depression moves eastward, the predicted amounts of rain decrease slightly, from 40 to 70 millimeters.
In these areas, precipitation is also expected to start a little later, with the majority of rain falling on Saturday and Sunday. Mountainous areas north of the St. Lawrence River are likely to be more heavily affected.
“The accumulation of water could be significant on the roads and in the lowlands,” adds the federal agency online.
Some localized places could receive up to 100 millimeters of water, warns Mircea Oltean, meteorologist for Environment Canada, referring to a “fairly complex system”.
Note that part of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie and the North Shore are not covered by this special weather bulletin.
Heat records
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, THE PRESS
Heat records fell this week in Montreal.
This episode of rain comes after a series of heat records were broken at the beginning of October.
On Thursday, new records were recorded across the province. In Montreal, the mercury rose to 28.5 degrees Celsius. The old record was 26 degrees in 2005. In the Capitale-Nationale, the temperature reached 25.6 degrees, while the old record dating from 1926 was 23.3 degrees. On the Rivière-du-Loup side, the mercury rose to 23.7 degrees, beating the 20.7 degrees recorded in 2007.
In Schefferville, in the north of the province, the mercury reached 21.5 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature ever reached in this municipality in October was 20.6 degrees, in 1970.
With the rain, the temperature should slowly drop to be closer to seasonal norms, says Mr. Oltean. In Montreal, 25 degrees are expected on Friday, 18 degrees on Saturday and 13 degrees on Sunday. “It will stabilize next week around 12 to 13 degrees during the day, with nights at 7 to 8 degrees,” specifies the meteorologist.