The Weather Network – Heavy rain, snow on the way for Atlantic Canada to start the week

Take pleasure in Sunday’s temporary breather, Atlantic Canada, earlier than the subsequent messy system blankets the area with heavy rain and wintry precipitation to begin the workweek.

Of us throughout the area have handled the remnants of Hurricane Nicole over the previous couple of days, which introduced unseasonably heat temperatures, heavy rain, and even a stable winter storm to components of northern Newfoundland.

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Sunday will see calmer situations throughout the Atlantic provinces—reap the benefits of it, although, as a result of issues are going to go south in a rush as a brand new system arrives to begin the week.

The monitor of our new low-pressure system will minimize up the center of the Maritimes by the day on Sunday, bringing heavy rain to a lot of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and jap New Brunswick.

Colder air on the northwestern aspect of the low will permit precipitation to fall within the type of heavy snow. Vital snowfall totals are doubtless throughout northern New Brunswick and the Gaspe Peninsula by the nighttime hours on Sunday, ultimately petering out from south to north by the primary half of Monday.

Our system will push towards Newfoundland through the day on Monday, bringing a messy mixture of snow, ice pellets, and freezing rain to a lot of the island heading into Monday evening.

Snowfall totals on the order of 15-25 cm are attainable throughout northern New Brunswick and the Gaspe Peninsula, with domestically increased totals attainable throughout increased elevations. Over on Newfoundland, the heaviest snows will fall throughout the northern half of the island, with 20-30 cm attainable alongside the southern sections of the Nice Northern Peninsula.

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Temperatures will stay on the milder aspect throughout the jap Maritimes on Sunday, with daytime highs poking into the teenagers throughout a lot of Nova Scotia. Situations will fall on the cooler aspect of seasonal for a lot of the Maritimes and Newfoundland subsequent week behind this upcoming system.

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