Winter wallop headed for Nova Scotia today
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A wintry blast is expected to dump up to 45 centimetres of snow in parts of Nova Scotia today and into Saturday.
Environment Canada says communities along Nova Scotia's northern shore including Digby, Annapolis, Kings, Pictou and Antigonish counties and Cape Breton's Inverness and Victoria counties can expected 25 to 45 centimetres of snow by Saturday morning.
The national weather forecaster says winds are expected to gust to 90 kilometres an hour in those areas, possibly reaching 100 kilometres an hour in northern areas.
The intense low pressure system is expected to pass just south of western Nova Scotia Friday afternoon before moving across the eastern and southern Cape Breton on Friday night.
The snow will begin in Digby County this morning and spread to Cape Breton by Friday afternoon, improving west to east on Saturday.
Snow may change to rain over eastern areas this evening for a short period, and temperatures will fall rapidly overnight with strong winds and blowing snow causing whiteout conditions in some areas.
Parts of the Atlantic Coast and the Halifax area were expected to received up to 20 centimetres of snow by Saturday morning. The precipitation will begin as snow, with a changeover to rain for many areas along the Atlantic coast.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education closed all of its schools to students and staff on Friday.
"While most have not yet returned to in-person learning, many students whose needs are met through learning centres have been in school this week," the centre said on Twitter.
All learning centers in the Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education are closed, while offices and work sites will be closing early at 12 p.m. local time.
Schools and worksites within the South Shore Regional Centre for Education will close at 11 a.m., and no buses will run. Learning centre classes will end at 11 a.m. and any schools with plans to distribute technology Friday afternoon will reschedule.
All NSCAD University campuses were closed on Friday.
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