4shorts
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And 4Shorts, I'm sorry, my geography of your area is pretty lame, but I hope this is close to you.
You are about to get some very wild weather coming at you. Stay safe.
Wonder how your lights will work in a squall, could be blinding. Give us a full report please of your adventures. Drew
Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity
5:41 AM NST Thursday 07 February 2013
Snow squall warning for
Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity issued
Snow squalls will develop this afternoon giving near zero visibility along with locally rapid accumulation of snow.
A low pressure system over the Gulf of St. Lawrence will quickly track across Northern Newfoundland today. A sharp frontal trough associated with this system will sweep across the island and bring with it a brief but intense burst of wind. These winds will coincide with a short period of intense snowfall for areas of the Northeast Coast from the Bonavista Peninsula to White Bay. Visibility will drop to near zero for a few hours tonight as the front tracks eastward. Winds are generally expected to gust up 80 km/h for most of the island except in the Port aux Basques, Cape Race and Bonavista areas where winds expected to gust to 100 km/h.
Over the Northern Peninsula winds are expected to increase this afternoon and remain strong enough to reduce visibility in blowing snow until after midnight.
In the wake of this system a steady and cold northwesterly flow will develop over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Snow squalls will develop across most of the west coast this evening and persist into tonight. Snowfall accumulations could reach up to 25 centimetres in the heaviest squalls and combining with the strong winds will reduce visibility to near zero at times.
In regions under a snow squall watch: the potential for near zero visibility in snow squalls exists tonight.
Drew I'm on the other side of the island. Here's our forecast. Not what your going to get. Eventually it will end up here. I'll let you know how the lights work out in a now squall. I do know the snow do melt off of them but they may be blinding in a squall and that's why I kept its original lighting on the machine. It's nice to have choices
Stay safe own there guys.