Weather | A polar cold falls on southern Quebec
A cold front coming from the Arctic will drastically lower the mercury in southern Quebec. Icy weather worthy of the winters of yesteryear is expected until the end of the weekend.
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During the day, the temperature will oscillate between -12 and -15°C until Sunday. “We are going to be below seasonal norms,” specifies Julien Chartrand, meteorologist at Environment Canada.
The weather will be particularly frosty after sunset. The coldest weather will be felt during the night from Thursday to Friday, with a minimum of -21°C forecast on the thermometer. The following night, the mercury will drop to -18°C.
Snow showers
Snow showers are expected here and there in southern Quebec, but we can mainly expect an alternation between sun and clouds until the end of the weekend. “In southern Quebec, the next episode of snow will arrive at the beginning of next week,” explains Julien Chartrand.
Eastern Quebec will be treated to a significant snowfall: Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning on Thursday for Gaspésie and its surrounding areas.
This episode of arctic cold is the second to occur in a week. At the end of December, polar weather reigned across Quebec.
On December 26, it was -21.4°C in Montreal, -18.6°C in Quebec and -22.2°C in Val-d’Or. For the rest of the day, we expected a maximum of -13°C in Montreal, but a felt temperature of -17 in the morning and -24 in the afternoon, due to the freezing winds. This cold snap lasted two days.
A few days before the New Year, a harsh meteorological cocktail then hit southern Quebec. 5 to 10 mm of freezing rain fell from the Outaouais to the Montreal region in one day, December 29, making sidewalks and streets slippery. Elsewhere in the province, gusts of up to 90 km/h were recorded, and significant snow accumulations were also noted.
