Next round of snow for the Maritimes expected late Tuesday into Wednesday
CTV
Another round of snowfall is expected for the Maritimes late Tuesday into Wednesday.
It was a snowy start to the week for parts of southwestern Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as another low-pressure system moved off the continent and cut to the south.
Reports from Yarmouth and Shelburne counties in Nova Scotia ranged from several up to 15 cm of snow Monday morning.
A report from Grand Manan, N.B., also came in with 11 cm of snow. Only light snow was reported in other areas of the Maritimes Monday morning, though flurries did continue for parts of Cape Breton during the day as a cold, northerly wind continued over the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The next weather system to effect the region is a strong low-pressure system that was centred over the midwestern United States Monday evening. While the centre of that system is forecast to track northward into southern Ontario and then Hudson Bay, the associated weather fronts push out to the U.S. eastern seaboard. Those fronts will help trigger the development of a second low-pressure system that will once again be carried by the jet stream to the south of the Maritimes.
That combination will put the Maritimes into a trough of low-pressure between the two systems late Tuesday into Wednesday. There will be enough moisture and lift in that trough to produce snow.
Snow is forecast to begin by Tuesday evening in western New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia, with snow becoming more widespread overnight. Snow-covered roads along with still falling snow should be expected in western New Brunswick and western Nova Scotia Wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon into evening will see that snow ease to scattered areas of flurries.
