Nor’easter Risk Threat Continues to Climbs As It Eyes on Atlantic Canada

Issued: January 31st, 2021 @ 3:30 AM

Updated: January 31st,2021 @ 3:30 AM

Forecaster: James Follette

A Very powerful storm is crippling the mid western states today and will be picking up speed tonight and soon be on New York and Boston footsteps by Monday morning! From there it will move over the waters and picking up intensity to make it become a Nor’easter, and this Nor’easter is not a very nice one!

Very early this morning the Nor’easter risk threat continued to climb from 9 to a 10, which is High, nearing Extreme risk once reaches 11/12.

10 means there is a HIGH risk from a very strong system or Nor’easter that threatens the province and is capable of disrupting travel, causing power outages, and significant weather conditions that can be quite dangerous.

A Nor’easter is still planned to begin in the southwest shores late-night or overnight Monday, and progress further inland through the day on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Nor’easter can dump as much as 15 to 30cm of snow and up to 60mm of rain in some areas, Winds across the province are likely to gust 90-110 km/h.

Along with that, there are also coastal impacts, such as potential storm surge, Beach erosion, Coastal flooding, and as well as 20 to 40-foot waves combined with high tide.

We will continue to monitor the storm over the rest of the weekend and as the days come closer to the event!