****0000001529**** WOCN10 CWUL 010856 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR QUEBEC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:56 A.M. EDT TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= RIMOUSKI - MONT-JOLI =NEW= LES ESCOUMINS - FORESTVILLE ABITIBI PARENT - GOUIN RESERVOIR MATAGAMI KAMOURASKA - RIVIERE-DU-LOUP - TROIS-PISTOLES TEMISCOUATA CHARLEVOIX LA TUQUE LAURENTIANS WILDLIFE RESERVE SAGUENAY LAC-SAINT-JEAN CHIBOUGAMAU. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF THE PROVINCE ON THURSDAY. AN EPISODE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL QUEBEC AND REACH EASTERN QUEBEC ON THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN, THEN TO RAIN DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. ICE ACCRETION COULD CAUSE BROKEN TREE LIMBS. PLEASE ADJUST YOUR DRIVING TO CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. QUICKLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO QCSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)QCSTORM. HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA END/QSPC