****0000001680****
WWCN17 CWHX 211904

SNOWFALL WARNING

FOR LABRADOR

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:04 P.M. ADT FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2025.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:

=NEW= UPPER LAKE MELVILLE

=NEW= EAGLE RIVER

=NEW= RIGOLET AND VICINITY.



---------------------------------------------------------------------

==DISCUSSION==



SNOWFALL WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 30 CM IS EXPECTED. 



LOCATIONS: UPPER LAKE MELVILLE, RIGOLET AND VICINITY, AND THE EAGLE 

RIVER REGION WEST OF CROOKS LAKE. 



TIME SPAN: MAINLY SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 



REMARKS: THE SNOW WILL BE PRECEDED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN FOR THE 

UPPER LAKE MELVILLE AREA AND RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, AND ICE PELLETS 

FOR THE EAGLE RIVER REGION TO THE WEST OF CROOKS LAKE. A LONG 

DURATION FREEZING RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED EAST OF CROOKS LAKE. 



NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP SATURDAY NIGHT CAUSING 

SOME BLOWING SNOW OVER EXPOSED AREAS.



SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 

BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. IF VISIBILITY 

IS REDUCED WHILE DRIVING, SLOW DOWN, WATCH FOR TAIL LIGHTS AHEAD AND 

BE PREPARED TO STOP. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP OTHERS INFORMED OF 

YOUR SCHEDULE AND DESTINATION AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY KIT AND MOBILE 

PHONE. 



SNOWFALL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

NLSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)NLWX.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



END/NLWO