Driving conditions are compromised in many areas of the province today after a moderate snowfall. Visibility is reduced in high winds, and some schools outside metro are either closed for the morning or have delayed openings.

Travel is not recommend on some stretches of southern Labrador and parts of the Northern Peninsula and southwest coast.

A tractor trailer has jackknifed on the TCH at Liam Hickey Drive at Holyrood. Eastbound is down to one lane so there will be delays.

A weather related outage is affecting over 600 Newfoundland Power customers in the Stephenville – Port aux Basques area. Crews are on site, and power should be restored in McDougalls, Searston and St. Andrews by 10:30 a.m.

Wanda Batten, a meteorologist at the Gander Weather Office speaking on Your VOCM Mornings, says the winds will subside throughout the day as the snow changes to drizzle or showers.

They recorded winds of 156 km/h in the Wreckhouse last night, 115 km/h in Port aux Basques, Burgeo 109 km/h and over 100 km/h on the west coast.