Messy weather weekend ahead for southern Quebec

Freezing rain warnings are in effect for Montreal, The St Lawrence and Ottawa Valleys through Friday night.

A freezing rain warning in effect for Montreal, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario through midnight Friday.

A period of very mild and wet weather is expected this weekend across southern Quebec. The warm air will remain in place next week, with temperatures expected to be well above normal. Montreal will remain on the warm side of two winter storms moving from Colorado towards the western Great Lakes over the weekend. The first system will spread clouds and light freezing rain into southern Quebec this afternoon. Freezing rain warnings are in effect for Montreal, but the precipitation should be fairly light. We can expect 2 to 5mm of freezing rain, changing to showers this evening as the temperature warms to 3C (38F) overnight.

Saturday will feature clearing skies and mild temperatures, with no precipitation expected. On Sunday, the stronger of the two storms will follow a similar path across the central Great Lakes towards James Bay. With a forecast track well north and west of Montreal, warm air will dominate in our region once again. Snow mixed with freezing rain will begin Sunday afternoon, rapidly changing to rain late in the day. The temperature will become very mild on Sunday, reaching 6C (43F) by the evening hours. Skies will clear out on Monday, expect the mild weather to persist, with a high of 4C (39F).