Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for Montreal, with heavy blowing snow and severe temperature drop

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A snowstorm in the Montreal area Thursday afternoon caused multiple collisions on Highway 10. The city began snow-clearing operations and is preparing for more snow and freezing drizzle over the coming days.

Storm Warning is in effect for southern Quebec and eastern Ontario. Winter weather advisory posted for adjacent areas of upstate New York.

Environment Canada updated its weekly forecast for Quebec on Tuesday, and Montreal has been hit with a weather advisory. A powerful snowstorm is set to hit the city starting late Wednesday, bringing between 20 and 35 cm of snow — much more than the 15 cm originally forecast just a day earlier.

While romance will be in the air this week in the lead up to St. Valentine’s Day on Friday, so will snow — lots of it, blowing everywhere all day Thursday and blanketing Montreal and much of the rest of the province under up to 35 cm of precipitation.