Some New Brunswick schools closed for 2nd day as cleanup continues
Blowing snow advisories in place for Bathurst, Chaleur and Acadian Peninsula
Some New Brunswick school kids will get an extra long weekend.
After a storm brought heavy snow and some ice to parts of New Brunswick, some schools have closed again Friday.
All schools in the Francophone North East school district are closed.
In Anglophone North, Bathurst, Campbellton and Tabusintac schools are closed today. Miramichi and Rexton area schools will open two hours late.
While most Environment Canada weather warnings have been lifted, both the Acadian Peninsula and the Bathurst and Chaleur region have blowing snow advisories in effect, beginning Friday morning and into Saturday.
The advisory says that with strong west to northwesterly winds developing on Friday, those winds combined with the fresh snowfall will likely result in blowing and drifting snow, leading to poor visibility.
According to the Government of New Brunswick's 511, which shows road conditions for provincial highways, travel is not recommended on Highway 180 from St. Quentin to southeast Upsalquitch River.
Several other highways, mainly in central and northern regions of the province, are snow-covered, with some showing poor visibility.
As the worst of the storm has now moved into western Newfoundland, the Maritimes can expect another messy bout of weather coming Sunday evening into Monday.