WINDS WEST GUSTING UP TO 100 KM/H ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THESE REGIONS.
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Wind warning for: Lanaudière Issued at 4:15 PM EDT TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2008
WINDS WEST GUSTING UP TO 100 KM/H ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THESE REGIONS.
A MAJOR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF LAKE SAINT-JEAN WILL MOVE EASTWARD WHILE INCREASING AND LIE OVER THE LOWER NORTH SHORE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SPRING STORM WILL BRING A MIX BAG OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DEPENDING ON THE REGIONS. FIRST, NORTH OF THE SYSTEM S TRACK, HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER SEVERAL NORTHWESTERN REGIONS OF THE PROVINCE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS REACHING 15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES. SNOW WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE NORTH SHORE TONIGHT. SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THE STORM, THE RAIN AND THE MILD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DUE TO A SOUTHWEST FLOW. IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, STRONG AND AT TIMES HIGH WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OR EARLY ON WEDNESDAY OVER ALL OF THE AREAS AND WILL MAKE THE TEMPERATURE FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 100 KM/H WILL BLOW OVER MOST OF THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY AREAS AND THE REGIONS NEAR THE SAGUENAY RIVER. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS OVER THE AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SAGUENAY RIVER AND EAST OF IT.


