Lots of snow for Nova Scotia as winter weather roller-coaster continues
As much as 40 cm was expected in Cape Breton, 10 to 15 cm expected elsewhere
Another wintry blast closed schools across Nova Scotia on Monday as parts of the province dealt with a dumping of upward of 40 centimetres of snow.
All of Cape Breton was under a winter storm warning, where between 20 and 40 centimetres was expected to fall by Monday evening and winds were expected to gust between 50 and 70 km/h.
Environment Canada also had snowfall warnings in place for all of mainland Nova Scotia. The national weather service said in a statement the light texture of the snow, combined with colder temperatures, would likely mean whiteout conditions on roads and highways.
Schools across the province were closed, as well as most Nova Scotia Community College campuses. Cape Breton University was closed for the day, as were the Halifax and Truro campuses of Dalhousie University.
The overnight winter parking ban was to be enforced across the Halifax region on Tuesday between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. AT to allow crews to properly clear streets and sidewalks.
Temperature records smashed Saturday
The temperature also plunged on Monday after record-setting temperatures across the Maritimes this weekend. Saturday was the warmest on record for the date Feb. 12 in five parts of Nova Scotia, according to Environment Canada.
Halifax recorded 12 C, beating the previous record of 10.3 C set in 1981. Greenwood, Kejimkujik, Kentville and Parrsboro also saw record-breaking temperatures on Saturday.
In New Brunswick, the Grand Manan and St. Stephen areas broke temperature records on Saturday as well. The temperature on Grand Manan reached 10 C, smashing its record of 7 C from 1998.
With files from Tina Simpkin