More snow & rain - maybe a weekend storm

After a sunny day today and quite mild it looks like stormy weather is on the way. The first system is a warm front that is poised to bring Kemptville and Montreal milder air and a little light snow into early tomorrow morning. Just a centimetre or two is possible mixed with some light rain. The sun may even make an appearance in the afternoon with temperatures rising to 6C. That system will be followed by a stronger storm moving north from the Midwest US. This storm will pass to our west on Friday and produce about 10mm of rain with very mild temperatures.

Saturday will be a fair and chilly day before another storm, this one a powerful coastal system moves north along the Atlantic seaboard. This system will follow a path similar to last weeks storm, with the heaviest snow falling to the east and tapering off rapidly as you move west towards Kemptville. Speaking of last weekends storm it was quite a weather maker. Montreal was on the western edge of the coastal storm and we still managed 21cm of snow and several hours of visibility below 1 kilometre. The precipitation fell for over 36 hours with strong winds and low visibility making travel difficult. A major accident near St. Zotique on the 20 closed it for several hours Monday night. The storm was far worse towards the east with portions of Vermont receiving 60cm. In Maine, New Hampshire and New Brunswick over 65cm of heavy wet snow occurred. The fierce winds and heavy snow toppled trees and power lines in Maine with over 140,000 customers without power at the height of the storm (photo above). Crews from as far as Vermont have been called in to help restore power. As of today about 20,000 customers remain in the dark.