Monday, January 31, 2011

Winter Storm Update

5:30pm Update: Winter Storm Watches are in effect in Ontario from Windsor to Kingston with a Special Weather Statement for points north and east including Montreal and Ottawa. Snow will start on Tuesday and continue into Wednesday. At this time it looks like 10-20cm for the St. Lawrence Valley and 20-30cm for points south of the valley including Toronto. I expect warnings will be issued for the watch area on Tuesday and may be extended towards Cornwall and Montreal.
Meanwhile all watches have been upgraded to winter storm warnings for New York and Vermont. Storm totals of 8 to 20 inches of snow can be expected. Winds will be gusty in the St. Lawrence Valley from Montreal towards Kingston causing considerable blowing and drifting snow by Wednesday. Travel will be difficult on Wednesday in all regions, especially west along the Highway 20/401 corridor, south on Highway 15 as well as Interstates 81, 87, 89 and 91.

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Winter Storm Watch is in effect for Ontario from Kingston to Windsor including Toronto for heavy snow and blowing snow Tuesday into Wednesday. A special weather statement has been issued further north from east of Kingston to Ottawa and Cornwall and northeast to Montreal for snow and blowing snow on Wednesday. At this time look for 10-20cm in southwestern Quebec and eastern Ontario and 20-30cm in southern Ontario, northern New York and Vermont.

The next update will be by 6pm.

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