FPCN12 CWQB 171929
FORECASTS FOR NORTHERN QUEBEC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
3:45 P.M. EDT FRIDAY 17 APRIL 2026 FOR TONIGHT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. EDT SATURDAY.

JAMES BAY AND LA GRANDE RIVER.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND ENDING BEFORE
 MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND
 EAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHEAST 40 GUSTING TO 60
 OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 3 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 13 THIS EVENING.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTHEAST
 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 60 LATE IN
 THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..RAIN CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. LOCAL
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. BLOWING SNOW LATE IN THE EVENING AND
 OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 INCREASING TO 50
 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 12. WIND CHILL MINUS 22
 OVERNIGHT.

LG QUATRE - LAFORGE AND FONTANGES.
TONIGHT..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES
 OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING EAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING.
 LOW MINUS 8 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO MINUS 1 BY MORNING. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 15 THIS EVENING.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY IN THE MORNING.
 RAIN BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. WIND
 SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING SOUTH 50 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR
 NOON. HIGH 8. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR
 MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..RAIN CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. LOCAL
 BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 15 OVERNIGHT.

SCHEFFERVILLE.
TONIGHT..CLEAR. INCREASING CLOUDINESS BEFORE MORNING. WIND NORTH
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW
 MINUS 18. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 25 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THEN INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING
 TO 60 NEAR NOON. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 25 IN THE MORNING. UV
 INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING IN THE EVENING. RISK OF
 FREEZING RAIN IN THE EVENING. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70
 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE RISING TO
 PLUS 4 BY MORNING.

FERMONT.
TONIGHT..CLEAR. INCREASING CLOUDINESS OVERNIGHT. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H
 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 16. WIND CHILL MINUS 8
 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 20 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN
 THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 15 IN THE MORNING. UV
 INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH
 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR MIDNIGHT.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 3.


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