WOCN16 CWHX 191428
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NEWFOUNDLAND
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 10:58 A.M. NST SUNDAY 19 JANUARY 2025.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
      BURIN PENINSULA
      CONNAIGRE
      BURGEO - RAMEA
      CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES AND VICINITY
      BAY ST. GEORGE
      CORNER BROOK AND VICINITY
      DEER LAKE - HUMBER VALLEY
      GROS MORNE.

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==DISCUSSION==

INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED. 

TIME SPAN: MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 

LOCATIONS: WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND. 

REMARKS: AFTER A PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY MILD AND RAINY WEATHER TODAY 
INTO MONDAY, AN ABRUPT SHIFT TO A COLDER, SNOWIER PATTERN WILL BEGIN 
MONDAY NIGHT. FREQUENT, INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP 
AS A STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR BECOMES 
ESTABLISHED, PARTICULARLY AFFECTING AREAS EXPOSED TO ONSHORE WINDS. 

THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. 
STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS 
SNOW SQUALLS, POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS WITH 
NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS LIKELY THEREAFTER, 
THOUGH LOCALIZED SQUALLS AND FLURRIES MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF 
THE WEEK. 

ANYONE CONSIDERING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD MONITOR 
FORECASTS CLOSELY. EXPECT SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND 
RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL, MAKING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. 
ADDITIONAL WEATHER ALERTS ARE LIKELY.

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 TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)NLWX.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

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