Queens County
12:18 AM AST Wednesday 18 February 2009
Winter storm watch for
Queens County issued
This is an alert to the potential development of dangerous winter weather conditions in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
A low pressure system south of the Great Lakes will track eastward towards the Maritimes today. The low will move into the gulf of Maine on Thursday. A frontal system associated with this low will move over Nova Scotia late in the day. Snow and strong southeast winds with gusts up to 80 km/h are forecast to spread from west to east across the regions during the day. Snow will change to ice pellets with risk of freezing rain then to rain over southwestern regions in the evening. Snowfall amounts of 10 centimetres are predicted except local amounts up to 15 centimetres.
Treacherous travelling conditions are likely with this kind of wintery weather situation.
The high on my thermometer yesterday was +6°C.
Currently(8AM):
-7°C
Clear
Calm.
The forecast:
Winter storm watch in effect.
- Today
- Day: Sunny with cloudy periods. 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High plus 1.
Night: Increasing cloudiness late this evening. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 overnight. Low minus 6 with temperature rising to minus 2 by morning. - Thursday
- Cloudy. Snow at times heavy mixed with ice pellets beginning early in the morning changing to a few rain showers late in the day. Risk of freezing rain late in the day. Snow and ice pellet amount 10 to 15 cm. Rainfall amount 2 mm. Local blowing snow in the afternoon. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming east 40 gusting to 70 in the morning then southwest 30 gusting to 50 late in the day. Temperature steady near minus 1.
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