We are in for one helluva storm

SNOWFALL WARNING for:
Colchester County - Truro and South
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES ARE FORECAST TONIGHT. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF NEW YORK AT FORECAST TIME IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHILE FOLLOWING A TRACK THAT WILL TAKE IT THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY ACROSS MAINLAND NOVA THIS EVENING AND AND INTO CAPE BRETON BY MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST FOR THE VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA WHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED. OTHER REGIONS IN THE PROVINCE CAN EXPECT TO SEE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 CENTIMETRES. ALSO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 100 KM/H. SUETE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR EARLY MONDAY WITH GUST UP TO 150 KM/H LIKELY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINED WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW GIVING REDUCED VISIBILITIES BOTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END IN THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AND BRIEFLY CHANGE TO RAIN AS WARMER AIR IS PUSHED IN WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT REACHING CAPE BRETON BEFORE DAWN MONDAY. MORE FLURRY ACTIVITY AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY MONDAY IN THE STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS..PARTICULARLY IN AREAS PRONE TO ONSHORE FLURRIES SUCH AS SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PROVINCE AS WELL AS REGIONS ALONG THE BAY OF FUNDY AND OVER WESTERN CAPE BRETON ISLAND. AS THE LOW MOVES OVER THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE ON MONDAY STORM SURGE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NOVA SCOTIA WITH HIGH WATER LEVELS AND POUNDING SURF CAUSING COASTAL EROSION.

Stay save and warm!