WWCN02 CYTR 070742

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR CFB PETAWAWA PREPARED BY THE JOINT

METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE AT 3:41 AM EDT MONDAY 7 APRIL 2025.



LOCATION: CFB PETAWAWA (CYWA)



TYPE: SNOWFALL WARNING IN EFFECT

DESCRIPTION: SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 15 CM OR MORE IN 12 HOURS

VALID: 08/0000Z TO 08/1400Z (07/2000 EDT TO 08/1000 EDT)



COMMENTS: A COMPACT BUT POTENT LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH

PETAWAWA FROM THE WEST TODAY, BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS THIS

EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING,

INTENSIFYING LATER IN THE EVENING, BRINGING 10 TO 15 CM OF SNOW TO

THE BASE BY TUESDAY MORNING. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE

BASE AND ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN;

WESTERN/SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE RANGE MAY SEE UPWARDS OF 25 CM.

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING.



ADDITIONALLY, STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW

OVERNIGHT, WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS. GUST

SPREADS OF 15 KNOTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO

BRING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.



NEXT UPDATE: THIS BULLETIN WILL BE UPDATED BY 07/1930Z (07/1530 EDT)



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