Maritimes to see more snow on Tuesday
Some areas could see another 25 cm
On the heels of our late season winter storm comes another round of snowfall for the Maritimes mid-week.
This next system has its start as a slow moving region of low pressure that will drift through southern Quebec and towards the Gulf of Maine. The system will then pick up strength and moisture as it moves from the Gulf of Maine south and then east of Nova Scotia.
Much like the weekend system there are signs this low could slow as it moves past Nova Scotia. This could enhance snowfall amounts in parts of that province, especially moving east along and inland of the Atlantic coastline.
Tuesday
The snow gets started Tuesday morning in the west of New Brunswick. By Tuesday afternoon, a mix of rain, snow, and ice pellets begins in southwestern Nova Scotia. Moving into Tuesday evening the snow has spread across New Brunswick (though remaining lighter in the east) and in Nova Scotia has moved up the Annapolis Valley and towards Halifax. Overnight the snow moves into P.E.I. as well as Cape Breton in Nova Scotia.
Wednesday
Then comes Wednesday and the trickiest part of the forecast. While New Brunswick and the southwest of Nova Scotia are likely to see a tapering off to flurries, much of the rest of Nova Scotia including areas of Cape Breton could see further periods of snow.
This may bring these areas into totals of 15 cm to 25 cm (much of the rest of the Maritimes looking at 5 cm to 15 cm totals). Now the extent the 15 cm to 25 cm band stretches west through the Maritimes will be heavily dependent on the track of the low. At the current time, there remains some swing west to east with that track.
Further assessment into Tuesday may result in bringing those higher snowfall amounts farther west into Nova Scotia or push them east closer to the Atlantic coastline...potentially offshore.
I'll post more updates to your local cbc.ca news site as well has here on Facebook as I develop my forecast.
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