The Parade of Storms Continues with a Texas Low Bringing More Rain to an Already Drenched Nova Scotia

For the third time in the past week, there is a winter storm on our doorstep and this one is expected to bring heavy rain and very strong wind gusts across the province tomorrow. With all of the precipitation we’ve received over the past week, the ground is already saturated and this additional rain will likely cause localized flooding across the province.

Things will kick off around midnight with some light snow moving into Digby and Yarmouth Counties and rain in Shelburne County. This leading edge of precipitation will spread across the province through the early morning hours and the snow will only last an hour or two before transitioning to rain as the temperatures begin to rise behind a warm front. Overall, accumulation totals will be less than 5cm from this brief period of snow. Amherst and parts of Cumberland County can expect to be closer to 5cm which will decrease the total rainfall there to under 20mm. Due to increased elevation, the snow will last a bit longer for the Cape Breton Highlands and up to 10cm of snow is possible there before the transition to rain.

By approximately 5am, we’ll begin to see heavier rain moving in from the west and this will last for several hours. Rainfall rates up to 7mm per hour are not outside of the realm of possibility, especially along the Atlantic Coast where 40+mm of rain could fall.

The heavy rain throughout the day tomorrow will be accompanied by very strong southerly winds. Gusts of 70-90km/h will be felt across the province tomorrow and gusts could be 100+km/h along the Atlantic Coast. This has prompted Wind Warnings from Environment Canada that indicate the potential for localized power outages. The warm front will bring the daily high temperatures around 10° across the province, considerably warmer than today, but the high winds will make it feel several degrees cooler.

We will see the rain start to taper off beginning in the mid-afternoon and it will completely exit the region by 10pm. There may the odd scattered shower popping up overnight, but any rain will be light and short-lived.