Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Chic-Chocs.
A new widespread melt-freeze crust will form as temperatures cool on Sunday and will keep the avalanche danger rating low for a few days.
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Confidence
High
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche activity has been observed or reported.
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Snowpack Summary
At lower elevations, 10 to 15 cm of wet, heavy snow covers the melt-freeze crust or December 23 storm snow. In the alpine, bare areas down to rock alternate with accumulations in ravines, depressions and other leeward locations. With the cooling of temperatures during the day on Sunday, a new generalized melt freeze crust will form on the surface of the snowpack.
The average height of the snowpack is still very thin, about 20-25 cm in the valley to 60-70 cm mid-mountain, and extremely variable from place to place.
Weather Summary
Forecast for the Chic-Chocs ridges and summits.
The mass of warm air is finally leaving the Gaspé peninsula during the day on Sunday, allowing the return of temperatures below the freezing point and a little snow.
Friday evening and night: Periods of rain changing to light snow near midnight, westerly winds 30 to 50 km/h, minimum -2 C, freezing level around 700 m.
Sunday: Snow ending near noon, 1-2 cm, northwesterly winds 20 to 40 km/h, maximum -3 C, freezing level back to valley bottom.
Monday: A mix of sun and cloud, northwesterly winds 30 to 40 km/h, maximum -12 C, freezing level at valley bottom.
Tuesday: Periods of snow, 3-5 cm, southwesterly winds 30 to 50 km/h, maximum -5 C, freezing level at valley bottom.
For more details, check out the Chic-Chocs alpine weather forecast.