Another Messy Winter Storm Will Bring Heavy Rain and Snow to Nova Scotia Tomorrow

Quick on the heels of the storm that brought a widespread 10-25cm of snow Friday and into Saturday morning, another storm will move into the region overnight tonight. This storm will bring snow and heavy rain across the province which, combined with warmer temperatures, will melt the snow from a couple of days ago and may create flooding issues.

Moving in from the southwest, the leading edge of the storm will begin to impact Western Nova Scotia around 10-11pm tonight. Precipitation will start off as snow as it spreads across the province through the early morning hours tomorrow. Areas along the Atlantic Coast, as well as Eastern Cape Breton Island, will only see trace amounts of snow and can expect almost entirely rain from this system.

By the time that the snow reaches as far as Sydney at around 4-5am, warm air will start to push its way across the province, resulting in a transition from snow to rain. The snow will linger in Northern Nova Scotia and the Cape Breton Highlands and these areas may see some mixed precipitation as the temperature will slowly rise and hover around 0° before finally transitioning to rain.

By 9am, the heavier rain will start to make its way across the province and it will continue into the afternoon. After several hours of heavy rain, there will be a break in the storm before the precipitation wraps around the backside of the low pressure centre of the storm in the evening, bringing several hours of additional light snow and rain overnight and into Tuesday morning. Most of this snow will fall in the Annapolis Valley and in Northern Nova Scotia and Western Cape Breton Island, where the most snow is already expected to fall.