Major Nor'easter Aiming for Atlantic Canada, Bringing Heavy Wet Snow, Rain & Wind

A potent Nor’easter has been brewing off of Cape Cod, moving northward and will impact Nova Scotia over the next three days. The temperature will fluctuate between being just below freezing to just above so most of the province can expect a mix of rain and heavy, wet snow for the duration of the storm.

The snow will begin in Western Nova Scotia later this afternoon, spreading eastward into the evening. Overnight and through the day tomorrow, rain will likely mix with the snow with rising temperatures as it tracks across the Mainland. Overall, this will limit the snow accumulation with snow melting after falling.

Cape Breton will remain below 0°C, so the precipitation will fall strictly as snow throughout the day Wednesday. This is where we will also seeing heavier snowfall rates exceeding 3cm/hr driving snowfall totals to 30+cm, especially for the Highlands.

For the rest of the province on Wednesday and into early Thursday for Cape Breton, there will be some scattered light flurries mixed with some rain on the backside of the storm as it hits Newfoundland.

Winds gusts from this storm are expected to be in the 60-80km/h range, with the exception of Les Suêtes winds of 100+km/h. Combined with the heavy, wet snow building up on trees and power lines, there is the possibility for localized power outages so be prepared.