FPCN12 CWQB 222041 FORECASTS FOR NORTHERN QUEBEC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:45 P.M. EST THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2024 FOR TONIGHT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. EST FRIDAY. JAMES BAY AND LA GRANDE RIVER. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 5 CM. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 22. WIND CHILL MINUS 20 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 35 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FRIDAY..LIGHT SNOW ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CLEARING. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 21. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 36. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FRIDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 27. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 38. RISK OF FROSTBITE. LG QUATRE - LAFORGE AND FONTANGES. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 15. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 21 OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 16. WIND CHILL MINUS 21 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 29 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FRIDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 29. WIND CHILL MINUS 29 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 37 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE. SCHEFFERVILLE. TONIGHT..LIGHT SNOW. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 9 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO MINUS 5 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 18 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 12 OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 11 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 23 IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 26. WIND CHILL MINUS 23 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 38 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FERMONT. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 14. FRIDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 8 IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 24. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 33 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE. END