St. John's metro schools stay closed, as winter storm slams parts of Newfoundland
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Much of Newfoundland is digging out of a blustery and messy day as another storm slams into the island.
Schools will remain closed for the day in the metro St. John's area, after NL Schools pre-emptively announced Monday night they would be closed for the morning. Many schools across central Newfoundland are also closed for the day due to the weather.
Environment Canada has issued several weather alerts across the island of Newfoundland.
Orange winter storm warnings and yellow wind warning are in effect for parts of the Avalon Peninsula, with large swaths of central Newfoundland facing yellow winter storm warnings.
CBC Meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler said Tuesday morning the St. John’s area got 19 centimetres of snow, with Paradise getting 17 centimetres. Gander picked up 2.5 centimetres as of 7 a.m. but by the time the storm wraps, it could reach approximately 30 centimetres or more.
Brauweiler said the St. John’s metro region could get between five to 15 more centimetres.
Brauweiler said the southern shore is starting to see ice pellets and freezing rain come down, with some icy mix for the St. John’s metro later this morning and then turning into rain around noon.
“As for how much rain, I don’t think there should be too, too much — which is good news,” she told CBC Radio’s The St. John’s Morning Show.
She added some areas could pick up 10 millimetres of rain.
Shovellers will want to get out sooner rather than later to clean up from the snowfall, Brauweiler warned.
“Once we do start to see some ice pellets mix in, that means the temperatures are going to warm up, and with that rain it will make that snow a little bit dense this afternoon,” she said.
Winds will ease up in the Avalon in the afternoon and the day might look lovely with some sun peeking out, but she said “don’t get fooled” because the winds will pick up and temperatures will drop and it could bring more snow.
The winds will be gusting around 80 to 100 km/h Tuesday night.
Meteorologist Robert Grove said as of Tuesday morning, around 15 centimetres of snow has already fallen on the Avalon Peninsula, with another 10 to 15 centimetres expected to come down before changing to freezing rain and ice pellets in the afternoon.
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