Not a Typo: An Additional 200+mm of Rain for Parts of Newfoundland & More Rain for Already Drenched Nova Scotia
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After a wet and windy Tuesday, Western Newfoundland, particularly along the South Coast, braces for continued heavy rainfall overnight and into Wednesday. The hardest-hit areas may experience rainfall rates surpassing 10mm/hr, likely leading to flooding and road washouts.
By Thursday morning, a shift to colder air will see the rain on the Northern Peninsula gradually transform into snow, extending south and east into Central Newfoundland by afternoon.
This snowfall, heavy at times, could leave Western Newfoundland under a blanket of up to 60cm by Friday's end. Accompanying wind gusts up to 100km/h are expected, potentially causing blizzard conditions and making travel treacherous.
Thursday night into Friday, the snow will extend to Eastern Newfoundland and the Avalon, with accumulations ranging between 5-15cm for most areas. A detailed snowfall forecast map will be available Wednesday evening.
In the meantime, across the Cabot Strait, a rainy start to the week that saw Halifax and east of the city getting hit with 50-100+mm of rain will continue Wednesday when an additional 20-75mm will fall, with the higher amounts further eastward.
Meanwhile, across the Cabot Strait, Halifax and its eastern areas, already drenched with 50-100+mm of rain, anticipate an additional 20-75mm on Wednesday, with the heftier totals expected further east. This mirrors the flood and washout concerns seen in Southern Newfoundland, with up to 75mm of rain forecasted for the Eastern mainland and Cape Breton Island, where rainfall rates could reach 15mm/hr.
New Brunswick is set for a respite from the rain, unlike most of Prince Edward Island. While Prince County might experience minimal rain or drizzle, a stark contrast in Queens and Kings Counties will see drizzle in the west and over 30mm of rain along the eastern coast of Kings County. The rain in PEI, however, will be shorter-lived than in Nova Scotia, concluding Wednesday evening.
Nova Scotia on Thursday will see light rain persist overnight. Early Thursday might bring a brief period of freezing rain before it clears from the eastern mainland. Cape Breton Island may also undergo this freezing rain phase, transitioning to light snow that could last throughout the day and into early Friday. A snowfall forecast for this region will be posted on Wednesday evening as well.
