An Additional Southward Shift of Nor'easter Will Now Bring Less than 20cm of Snow to Nova Scotia Beginning Later Today
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Another southward shift of the Nor’easter expected to impact Nova Scotia beginning this afternoon has resulted in another decrease in overall snowfall totals across the province. We are now looking at up to 20cm along the Atlantic Coast as well as into Antigonish County and most of Southern Cape Breton Island.
This drop in accumulation is reflected moving further inland, particularly in Western Nova Scotia. Our forecast remains the same, however, in the Annapolis Valley and Cumberland County, where we still expect less than 5cm to fall over the next 24 hours.
The timing of the storm remains unchanged, with the snow moving into the province from west to east beginning in the early afternoon today, reaching Cape Breton Island by the evening. For those in the Halifax area, the snow will move into your area in the mid-afternoon, just in time for the drive home.
The heaviest snow from this storm will still occur in the evening and overnight hours and will be associated with wind gusts up to 70km/h along the Atlantic Coast. Although the peak wind gusts have also decreased with the southern shift in the storm track, blowing snow will remain an issue overnight tonight. The snow starts to dissipate from west to east through Wednesday morning and into the early afternoon in Cape Breton.
We are still expecting some onshore flurries for the Northumberland Shore and Northern Cape Breton on the backside of this storm starting Wednesday afternoon and continuing through to Thursday afternoon. Overall accumulations from this have held steady since last night’s update and we are still expecting 5-10cm along the Northumberland Shore and up to 20cm for Inverness County.
At this point, it’s unlikely that we will see a drastic change in the path of the snow before it hits later today, but any additional southward shift could result in a further decrease in snowfall totals.
