Weather: Snow in New Brunswick, more to come
New Brunswick has seen the primary important snowfall of the season within the Maritimes.
A number of centimetres of snow fell on components of northern New Brunswick Sunday evening into Monday morning, with experiences of 16 centimetres of snow in Grand Falls, N.B.
Setting Canada issued snowfall warnings for components of northern New Brunswick, together with Campbellton and Restigouche County, Monday morning, however the warnings have since been lifted.
The low-pressure system that introduced the snow is clearing northeast of the Maritimes. Within the wake of the low, a gusty and colder northwest wind is blowing. The robust winds prompted Setting Canada to subject wind warnings for components of P.E.I. Monday morning, and the Confederation Bridge has restricted sure courses of auto from crossing till the wind dies down.
A wind warning was nonetheless in impact in Cape Breton’s Inverness County Monday afternoon and Marine Atlantic has cancelled ferry crossings for the day.
The wind for the area will diminish Monday evening into Tuesday. A breezy northwest wind on Tuesday will preserve a colder model of November air in place for the Maritimes.
A chilly and breezy northwest wind is anticipated Tuesday.
A mixture of snow and rain is anticipated Wednesday, ensuing from a Texas low dashing up the U.S. jap seaboard after which monitoring up the Bay of Fundy and into the Gulf St. Lawrence. That observe will place Nova Scotia and P.E.I. on the wet, windy facet of the system, with accumulating snow more than likely for central and northern New Brunswick.
How a lot snow? It seems the heaviest swath will run from Woodstock to Edmundston after which northeast in direction of Bathurst, the place 10 to 25 cm is anticipated. Additional south, the snow will combine with ice pellets and rain, dropping the vary to five to 10 cm for Fredericton, after which typically 5 cm or much less in direction of Moncton and Saint John.
Some preliminary snow could fall in western areas of P.E.I. and the Cape Breton Highlands earlier than turning to rain. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island will see many of the precipitation fall within the type of rain with quantities of 10 to 25 mm.
Northern New Brunswick shall be on the colder, snowier facet of the Wednesday storm. A lot of the remainder of the Maritimes will see a flip to rain or largely rain.
Snow and rain will arrive within the west of the Maritimes Wednesday afternoon, constructing into jap areas Wednesday night. Snow and rain will ease west-to-east Thursday morning. Areas of showers and flurries could linger into Thursday afternoon.
An east and southeast wind will peak with gusts of 40 to 70 km/h for southern New Brunswick, P.E.I. and Nova Scotia Wednesday night and evening.
A north and northeast wind will peak with gusts of 30 to 50 km/h for northern New Brunswick throughout the identical interval. The wind will flip west and northwest Thursday, with gusts diminishing into a variety of 20 to 40 km/h.
A mixture of snow and rain will develop west-to-east throughout the Maritimes Wednesday afternoon and night.
I’ll be monitoring the system rigorously over the subsequent 24 to 48 hours and can have updates on our CTV Atlantic Information programming at Midday, 5, 6, and 11:30 PM.
