Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for Montreal, with heavy blowing snow and severe temperature drop

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Storm Warning is in effect for southern Quebec and eastern Ontario. Winter weather advisory posted for adjacent areas of upstate New York.

Expect very difficult driving conditions region wide on Thursday, if you can work from home. The snow will be accompanied by northeast winds of 20-40km/h creating areas of blowing snow. The high on Thursday will be -3C (27F) in Montreal.

Environment Canada updated its weekly forecast for Quebec on Tuesday, and Montreal has been hit with a weather advisory. A powerful snowstorm is set to hit the city starting late Wednesday, bringing between 20 and 35 cm of snow — much more than the 15 cm originally forecast just a day earlier.

While romance will be in the air this week in the lead up to St. Valentine’s Day on Friday, so will snow — lots of it, blowing everywhere all day Thursday and blanketing Montreal and much of the rest of the province under up to 35 cm of precipitation.