WWCN02 CYTR 071741

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR CFB PETAWAWA PREPARED BY THE JOINT

METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE AT 1:41 PM 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)



TYPE: GUST SPREAD WARNING IN EFFECT

DESCRIPTION: GUST SPREAD OF 15 KNOTS OR GREATER

VALID: 08/0600Z TO 08/1800Z (08/0200 EDT TO 08/1400 EDT)





COMMENTS: GUST SPREAD WARNING ISSUED. SNOWFALL WARNING CONTINUED.



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 8 TO 15 CM OF SNOW TO THE BASE BY TUESDAY

MORNING. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE RANGE AND ARE

MOST LIKELY FOR AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN. 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 ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE

STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BRING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.

THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND THE GUST SPREAD IS EXPECTED TO END EARLY

TUESDAY AFTERNOON.



NEXT UPDATE: THIS BULLETIN WILL BE UPDATED BY 08/0545Z (08/0145 EDT)



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