Nor'easter to bring snow, wind to Maritimes starting Monday
CBC
Yet another early week storm is moving into the Maritimes.
Our latest nor'easter will bring significant snowfall and gusty winds, which will likely lead to travel delays, cancellations and also bring a risk of power outages.
The storm is expected to bring widespread snowfall totals of 15 to 25 centimetres, with the highest amounts most likely across Nova Scotia, southeastern New Brunswick and P.E.I. Amounts may exceed 25 centimetres in some areas, especially along the South Shore of Nova Scotia where heavy snowfall rates on Monday afternoon will likely push totals into the 25-40 cm range.
The snow will be heavier and wet, especially along the Atlantic coastline and across eastern areas of Nova Scotia where some mixing with rain and drizzle is likely.
The winds will also be a big story with widespread gusts ranging between 60 and 80 km/h, with exposed areas gusting to 90 km/h. The gusty winds will lead to blowing and drifting snow and low visibility.
Higher than normal water levels are also likely along the Atlantic coastline on Monday night and along the Northumberland Strait region on Tuesday.
While we'll see some light snow arrive in the morning in southwest Nova Scotia, the steadier snowfall bands will move in across mainland Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick throughout Monday afternoon.
Cape Breton, northern New Brunswick and P.E.I. will see light snow arrive throughout the afternoon and turn into steadier snowfall in the evening.
Winds will ramp up quickly as the snow arrives, so blowing and drifting snow will be an issue during the Monday afternoon and evening drive home, especially in exposed areas.
The heaviest snowfall is likely to fall throughout the afternoon and evening when snowfall rates of two to four centimetres per hour are possible.
Strong winds gusting 60-90 km/h are likely to bring lots of drifts, so expect this to be one of those storms where there are bare spots in some parts of your driveway and up to a few feet in others.
The snow will taper to flurries overnight and into Tuesday morning for most parts of the Maritimes. However, the Atlantic coastline and eastern half of Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton, as well as eastern P.E.I., will see the snow mix to rain and drizzle.
Flurries and light snow will persist throughout Tuesday morning for most areas of the Maritimes, with eastern parts mixing back over to flurries.
Northerly winds wrapping around behind the system will gust near 50-60 km/h and continue to bring blowing and drifting snow for exposed areas throughout the day on Tuesday.
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