It'll Take Four Days To Dig Out, City Says

Digging out from Wednesday's snowfall will be a chore as a N.D.G. resident on Melrose Ave. finds. Photograph by: John Kenney, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL – It will take more than four days to clean up the first major snowstorm of the season and city officials are urging residents to ease the clean-up by taking public transit Thursday.

If the snow tapers off Thursday as expected and the total accumulation is 25 centimetres as Environment Canada predicts, snow removal should start Thursday morning and take at least 96 hours, a city spokesperson said.

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Update: Quebec hit by first winter storm of the season -- CTV

My Comment: It was another typical Montreal snowstorm.

Montreal's First Snowstorm Of The Season (Updated)

SNOWFALL WARNING: Montréal Island area Issued at 5:02 AM EST WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2009

SNOW AMOUNTS MOSTLY BETWEEN 15 AND 25 CENMETERS ARE EXPECTED AS OF THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. IN THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY AND OVER HIGHER GROUNDS, AMOUNTS COULD REACH UP TO 35 CENTIMETRES.

Snowstorm Affects Planes, Trains And Automobiles -- Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL – Montreal’s first major snowfall of the season is making itself felt on rails, roads and runways.

Check back here throughout the day for updates.

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Update #1: Quebec hit by first winter storm of the season -- CTV
Update #2: Snowstorm closes in on Montreal -- CBC

City Says It's Ready For The Snow

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL – Montreal’s first big snowstorm of the season started before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. The city says it’s ready for it and Montreal police are asking drivers to drive carefully today.

About 1,000 city employees and almost as many pieces of snow-removal equipment are ready to begin removing Wednesday’s snowfall, which is expected to leave about 10 centimetres on the ground by lunchtime.

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My Comment: The City says the same thing every year ..... and we are always disappointed. On a side note .... I guess we are now going to have a white Christmas.

Snowstorm Closing In On Montreal Some Schools Close For Snow Day

From The CBC:

Montreal will get hit with the season's first snowstorm on Wednesday as weather experts predict a dump of 30 centimetres by day's end.

Some schools are closed and public security officials are anticipating a slow-moving rush hour on Wednesday as the storm settles over the region.

A weather system carrying high winds and blowing snow is passing over Toronto and will build over Montreal and across Quebec as the day progresses, Environment Canada said.

Temperatures are expected to hover around –10 C.

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Update #1: School Closings -- Montreal Gazette

Update #2: Quebec braces for first winter storm of the season -- CTV