Winter Storm on our doorstep

The much talked about Winter Storm in as far east as Kingston at 3pm. Snow, sleet and Freezing rain has been falling across all of southwest Ontario with icing problems occurring. The snow will begin in Kemptville by about 9pm and into Montreal close to midnight. By morning amounts in the 10cm range could be on the ground with another 10cm on Friday. Winds will be a factor out of the east at 40-60kn/h and gusting over 70km/h in Montreal. Expect travel to be difficult on Friday. North/South roads like highway 13 and 15 will be difficult as will be the 401 between the Ontario border and Belleville.

Avoid travel if at all possible on Friday. It is always difficult to predict how much snow will fall in Kemptville, as we saw with the last storm. Best bets are that the heaviest snow will fall over Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec between Montreal, Ottawa and Cornwall. Checking with area weather offices the consensus seems to be for 15-25cm storm totals by Saturday morning.

Click on this link for updated warnings...Winter Storm Warnings are posted for all of our areas around the two provinces and upstate New York.