****0000001741**** WOCN10 CWUL 270923 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR QUEBEC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:23 A.M. EDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= METRO MONTREAL - LAVAL =NEW= VAUDREUIL - SOULANGES - HUNTINGDON =NEW= SAINT-HYACINTHE - ACTON VALE AREA =NEW= VERCHERES - BELOEIL AREA =NEW= SAINT-JEAN - MARIEVILLE AREA =NEW= LACOLLE AREA =NEW= LACHUTE - SAINT-JEROME =NEW= UPPER GATINEAU - LIEVRE - PAPINEAU =NEW= PONTIAC =NEW= TEMISCAMINGUE =NEW= GRANBY - WATERLOO AREA =NEW= BROME-MISSISQUOI AREA =NEW= MONT-ORFORD - LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG AREA =NEW= SHERBROOKE AREA =NEW= COATICOOK AREA =NEW= COOKSHIRE AREA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== SNOW OVER SOUTHWESTERN QUEBEC ON SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE AMERICAN MIDWEST WILL REACH THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. THIS LOW WILL TRACK UP TOWARD LAKE ONTARIO ON SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH OF ITS TRACK, PRIMARILY ALONG A CORRIDOR STRETCHING FROM THE TEMISCAMINGUE TOWARD THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS, INCLUDING MONTREAL. SNOW COULD CHANGE OVER TO ICE PELLETS AT TIMES, WHICH WOULD GIVE REDUCED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF THIS LOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THIS TRACK. 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