The weather conditions will deteriorate rapidly in the Maritimes on Saturday morning and afternoon.
Heavy snow will only hit Nova Scotia early on Saturday and arrive in the south of New Brunswick and PEI that morning and early afternoon. Parts of northern New Brunswick will see snow by mid to late afternoon.
Nova Scotia and PEI are still expected to see icebergs, icy rain and rain mixture in Saturday afternoon and evening. The rain will be heavy in eastern areas of Nova Scotia with a risk of local flooding.
The weather is expected to worsen in the Maritimes on Saturday morning and afternoon. Heavy snow will move in with a final mix of ice and rain for Nova Scotia and PEI
Most snow accumulation is still likely to occur in southern and eastern New Brunswick, northern and western Nova Scotia, and PEI. There will be a lot of snow blowing, so expect drifts and periods of significantly reduced visibility.
A widespread 20+ cm of snow is expected for the region. Snow will decrease lower in northwestern New Brunswick and toward the Atlantic coast and eastern Nova Scotia.
The wind will blow the snow around. There will be two periods of strong winds. The first late Saturday afternoon and evening, with widespread northeasterly gusts of 50 km / h to 80 km / h, with gusts of about 80 km / h to 100 km / h probably on exposed parts of the coast. There will be a second period of strong gusts on Sunday morning as the wind blows south and southwest for Nova Scotia and PEI Declining westerly and northwesterly winds can be expected by Sunday afternoon. There is a risk of power outages.
Northeast winds increase until Saturday afternoon and evening. A second period of strong wind gusts is likely Sunday morning for Nova Scotia and PEI
The remaining snow in the region should be much lighter by sunrise on Sunday. It will take the day before that lighter snow clears from west to east for the region. Be on the lookout for wet or hazy surfaces to get icy as temperatures quickly fall back below freezing on Sunday for Nova Scotia and PEI.
Winter storm, rain and wind warnings have been issued by Environment Canada in the region. I will have live updates on CTV Atlantic News 5, 6 and 11:30 p.m.
Reference-atlantic.ctvnews.ca