40cm has fallen since February 1.That was one crazy snowfall last night. Yesterday was likely the nicest day of 2011 so far, sunny and 1C. It was glorious up until about 8:30pm when the wheels fell off. Low pressure moved about 100km closer to Montreal than the original forecast, that was enough to dump very heavy wet snow across southern Quebec. The snow started around 8:30pm, dropping the temperature from 1C to -4C and tapered off after 3am. In that short time frame we had 20cm here on L'Ile Perrot for the second snowstorm of the week. So after only 30cm for the entire month of January, we are now over 40cm here at my home for February 1-6. We are not done either.
So last night travel was horrible in the heavy wet snow with winds gusting to 40km/h. Highways were very difficult to negotiate especially south of the city. In addition to the snow, thunder and lightning was reported across the south shore into the Townships.
Today there will be a break between systems as partly sunny skies and mild weather prevail. Low pressure once again will move just south of Montreal with another 5-10cm forecast during Monday and perhaps a little more on Tuesday. It will then turn colder for the balance of the week.
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