Batten Down the Hatches Maritimes! Very Windy and Wet Day in Store for Monday
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A powerful storm is pushing its way northward along the American East Coast and the leading edge has already started to push into the Maritimes with rain beginning to fall in New Brunswick.
While rain is expected to some degree across the entire region, New Brunswick will see the bulk of it, with some areas looking at up to 75mm by the end of the day tomorrow.
The rain will be light to start, before increasing in intensity overnight and remaining steady throughout the day and rainfall rates may exceed 5mm/hr at times during the morning.
In the Northwest Region, cooler temperatures will result in most of the precipitation to fall as snow, meaning that instead of 50-75mm of rain, this area is looking at upwards of 30cm of snow.
Beyond New Brunswick, precipitation becomes less of an issue for most of the rest of the Maritimes. Nova Scotia and PEI can expect 5-20mm of rain, with the exception of Prince County where 20-50mm of rain is possible.
As the centre of the storm approaches and crosses through the Maritimes on Monday, the winds will begin to ramp up, peaking in the early afternoon. The strongest wind gusts will be over 100km/h for coastal areas in Southern New Brunswick and across Western and Central Nova Scotia.
These strong gusts will penetrate quite far inland meaning the rest of Nova Scotia, most of Central and Southern New Brunswick and the entirety of PEI can expect wind gusts over 80km/h. These strong winds will very likely result in widespread power outages across the entire region.
