Largest Snowfall of the Season for Most of Nova Scotia Will Hit Friday

After a record low amount of snowfall for most of Nova Scotia, tomorrow’s storm will help change that with widespread amounts of 10-20cm expected by Saturday afternoon. Halifax could easily triple its season total for snow just from this one event!

The snow will approach from the southwest, first impacting the Yarmouth area at around 3:00am tomorrow morning. From there, it will spread across the province during the morning, reaching Sydney by noon. The heaviest snow is expected to fall during the morning in Western Nova Scotia at a rate of 2-2.5cm per hour which could last for up to 4 hours for the South Shore and into Halifax. This region will likely exceed 20cm of snow and there is a chance of up to 30cm. On the other hand, there will be a sliver of Western Cape Breton Island, including Cheticamp, where the snow will be steady, but light through the storm and 5-10cm of snow can be expected.

The snow will continue through the day tomorrow and will start to dissipate overnight in the west before making its way out of the province completely by noon on Saturday. There may be some isolated flurries in Cape Breton Island in the early afternoon Saturday, bring an additional couple of centimetres by the evening.

It’s important to note that the rain from this system will not be too far offshore so there is a slight chance for some mixed precipitation right along the Atlantic Coast. Any freezing rain will be brief and should not have much impact on total snow accumulation.

The daily forecast map is being included in this forecast because it’s fairly straight forward for tomorrow. The high temperatures will be 0° or a degree or two higher across the province with the snow that will be occurring throughout the day.