Early morning thunder

Frigid cold and snow in Winnipeg, Manitoba this past weekend.

That pesky warm front is still in the same position it was yesterday morning at this time, straddling the St. Lawrence Valley in southern Quebec. As a result northeast winds, and fog have kept temperatures chilly in Montreal as compared to other parts of the region. Temperatures are 10C on the south shore at St. Hubert while they are a chilly 3C in the west end of the island. This morning a cold front lies to our west and steady rain has developed again with even a rumble of thunder or two. The rain should taper and winds will increase from the southwest at 40-60km/h. It will become sharply colder tonight with lows down to -3C tonight and some flurries possible. Wednesday will be sunny and cold before another storm approaches the region for late Thursday with the likelihood of more freezing rain. Anyone traveling towards Quebec City today will continue to encounter icy roads as temperatures have remained below freezing there. Freezing rain has been falling most of yesterday and overnight.

Out west the early onslaught of winter weather continues with numbing cold in Alberta and Saskatchewan and snow in BC right down to the coastal areas. Edmonton is -27C this morning and it has been no warmer than -20C in the last 24 hours. It even snowed in Seattle yesterday bringing that region to a standstill and plunging many homes into the dark from the heavy wet snow. Today heavy snow, strong winds and dangerous cold are spreading from Colorado across the plains and towards the Midwest. A major storm will get wound up today and push towards the Great Lakes. Snow and blizzard conditions will spread across the Rockies towards the Canadian border and east into the Dakotas making the Thanksgiving travel period very slow and dangerous. Exactly how the western storm will impact us here in the east is yet to be determined. We will have to see how the track plays out.