Small Storm System To Bring Snow and Gusty Winds to Southern and Western Parts of the Province To End the Week and Start the Weekend.

Issued: January 28, 2021 @ 5AM

Updated: January 28, 2021 @ 5 AM

Forecaster: James Follette

While a small weak trough would bring some snow flurries to Cape Breton today, Much of Western and Southern Nova Scotia will have their own small little storm system to bring some messy weather for Tomorrow & Saturday.

A low-pressure system is expected to develop and quickly explode into a small but powerful coastal storm overnight tonight. The system is likely to develop south of Yarmouth about 500 miles offshore, Because of the High pressure to the East, the system will actually move backwards towards Cape Cod then head far south further out into the ocean.

Depending on how close the storm forms and stays will determine how much snow and wind can be expected. But all indications are this will not be a huge snowstorm, it will cause some traffic headaches and even perhaps have some people plow and shovel.

The storm will be slow-moving at first but will start racing by later on Friday evening.

Snow will begin overnight tonight for some and pick up in the south. Could see some flakes in Halifax but the main weather will start in Digby county where we could see some mixed precipitation however much of the area will be predominantly snow!

By 5 AM, we will see snow spread over much of the southern portions of the province from Kentville and Halifax southward.

As we get into the new hour tomorrow, we’ll see some snow mixed in with rain at times. Road conditions by then expected to be slippery but overall ok.

As we get into the early afternoon hours, we’ll see predominantly rainfall in the afternoon hours before another quick blast of winter to a much bigger however, some areas sill could see online.

For the majority, we can see overall a Trace to 2cm, however areas shaded in darker blues have a potential for upwards of 6cm and locally up to 10cm. Another small system could bring additional 10+cm.

A much bigger storm arrives on Groundhog Day with heavy snow, rain, freezing rain, sleet and damaging winds.