Environment Canada has issued a warning about storm surge in Quebec City. It is expected that water levels near the coast will be higher than usual Tuesday morning.
According to the weather agency, an intense low pressure system from America’s East Coast will bring strong to high winds to the Quebec City, Bellechasse and Cte-de-Beaupr regions. On Tuesday, gusts of 70 km/h will be possible from the northeast.
“The combination between these winds and the current flood period and high tide ranges could cause minor overwash along coast and around the following locations,” the warning states.
Public security officials in the province are closely monitoring several waterways that could overflow. The banks of the Chaudire River were overflowed this weekend, causing minor flooding near St-Joseph-de-Beauce.
Quebec City is expected to receive five centimetres (or more) of very heavy snow overnight. It will continue into Tuesday morning. Temperatures are expected to remain between 0 – 2 C.
The snow should be falling at a steady speed for 12 hours and then melting during the day. Power outages are also possible.
Montmagny Beauce, Charlevoix and Beauce could also see 10 to 15% of the snowfall. In the Rserve de faunique des Laurentides Les Escoumins, Saguenay, twenty centimetres could fall of snow.