Snowy End to the Week for New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island With Up to 20cm of Snow Possible by Friday
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Following a potent storm that hit Nova Scotia at the beginning of the week, more snow is on the way to finish the week for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island beginning early Thursday morning and continuing through to Friday afternoon. Trace amounts of snow will be expected across Nova Scotia in this timeframe, but the province won’t be left out for too long.
The snow will move into Northern New Brunswick from the north starting before sunrise and it will gradually spread southwards across the province and into PEI throughout the day. The light snow will continue for up to 24 hours before dissipating from west to east.
Northeast New Brunswick and the Acadian Peninsula can expect the greatest amount of snow, with up to 20cm of accumulation since this region will see snow early and the snow will persist well into the evening hours here. Accumulations will decrease moving southward through the rest of the province and Prince Edward Island.
The snow is not likely to extend too far south into Nova Scotia beyond Cumberland and Inverness Counties, but there is still the chance for trace amounts of snow across the province by early Friday afternoon.
At this point, a second system from the south will begin to move into the Maritimes. The exact timing of the start of this second system is still unknown, with weather models suggesting the precipitation will likely begin as rain early Friday afternoon before changing over to snow.
There is an increasing possibility that this low-pressure system could stall south of Newfoundland, resulting in several days of snow across Nova Scotia, before backtracking westwards which will bring heavier snowfall to Cape Breton Island and Eastern Nova Scotia on Sunday. There is still too much uncertainty with this storm so stay tuned for our forecast over the next few days.
