Heavy snow across the southern suburbs of Montreal is now approaching the metro region at 5am.The radar says it all this morning, heavy snow is approaching Montreal from the south, just in time for the morning commute. The pressure continues to fall rapidly and winds have increased to near 50km/h in Montreal. Blowing snow and icy roads are making for dangerous travel off island to the south and east of the city with travel not recommended into Vermont. Visibilities in the region are under 1km.
The storm causing the snow is located near Bridgeport, Connecticut this morning and will move northeast into the Maratimes. The system is part of a very strong front that moved through Montreal this weekend with over 50mm of precipitation in the form of rain on Saturday and then wet snow. The snow moved back into Montreal overnight from the south and will continue through midday. Look for at least 10cm in the city and over 30cm south and east of Montreal. Temperatures that were near plus 6C early Sunday morning have been falling since and are now at -8C with wind chills near -17C in Montreal. The snow does not go very far northwest with some light to moderate snow along the 401 to Cornwall, but nothing in Ottawa.
Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect from south of metro Montreal into the Townships and New England. Dozens of schools are closed along the border communities and into the Townships as well as in Vermont and New York.
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Wasn't that something? We shovelled for a couple of hours!
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