Get your umbrellas ready, southern Quebec will be well-watered on Wednesday and Thursday due to torrential rains caused by the impact of the storm’s remnants. Beryl.
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Environment Canada has also issued a special weather bulletin for Gatineau and the Magdalen Islands, while torrential rain warnings are in effect for several areas from Montreal to Estrie and Beauce.
“The remnants of Hurricane beryl It will affect southern Quebec from today to Thursday. “We expect 40 to 70 millimetres of rain as well as moderate winds,” the federal agency said on its website.
From afternoon onwards, the rain will be accompanied by cooler temperatures than normal, as maximums will not exceed 27 degrees in Montreal and Estrie, while elsewhere the mercury will see highs between 23 and 25 degrees.
According to the federal agency, the heavy rainfall in the affected areas is expected to cause flash floods, with waterlogging in locations and waterlogging on roads.
Conditions will not calm down during the evening, as rain will continue until Thursday morning in some sectors, especially in Montreal, Estrie and Bas-Saint-Laurent, as well as in the Quebec region, accompanied by gusts of up to 50 km/h.
If these areas affected by the rain warning, between 10 and 20 millimetres of rain is expected on Thursday morning, while elsewhere it will be cloudy with some clearing in places on the north coast, where the temperature will be 22 degrees.