Snow Squalls up to 20cm in Isolated Areas and High Winds Gusts up to 105km/h for Friday, Jan 17

Published: Jan 17, 2020 - 6:00am

By Jong Su Kim

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As the system that impacted us yesterday moves out, it is strengthening, which means it will bring strong, cold northerly winds. As the the the wind is very cold, and the sea is relatively warmer, it will create a window for snow squalls for areas in Cape Breton and areas along the Northumberland Strait. Cape Breton will be the most impacted as we are expecting snow squalls in an accumulation of about 10cm with 20cm in isolated areas. Areas along the Strait can expect some squalls that accumulate to about 5cm with 10cm in isolated areas.

Very strong wind gusts are expected as the previous system moves out and strengthens. As you are experiencing already, we are expecting wind gusts 90- 105km/h for Cape Breton, Sydney, Antigonish, and New Glasgow. 80-95km/hr wind gusts for the central parts of the province like Halifax. The winds should die down for most of the region by the evening but winds will persist for Cape Breton and Sydney until Saturday morning.

We are also closely monitoring another storm, that is likely to impact the province this weekend and will bring rain/ snow mix to the region. We’ll have a preliminary forecast soon.