Late Winter Storm Will Bring Heavy Rain and Damaging Winds This Weekend

It is going to be a messy weekend across the province as we are hit with a fierce storm that will bring downpours and damaging winds, especially to those along the Atlantic Coast. The rain will begin this morning in the South Shore area and will spread northeastward throughout the province. Heavy rain will last throughout the day before tapering off overnight and switching to light flurries Sunday morning. Snow accumulation is expected to be in the Trace to 5cm range by the end of the day.

Very strong and potentially damaging winds will also be a factor with this storm. Wind gusts of 40-60km/h are expected through the morning and early afternoon before increasing later in the afternoon. The strongest winds will be later this evening and overnight into Sunday, with gusts of 70-100km/h and the possibility of 100+km/h along the Atlantic Coast. These strong winds will die down slightly by Sunday morning, but they will remain strong, in the 50-80km/h range throughout the day.