Maritime weekend weather: Cold start and snowy finish
CTV
Colder temperatures lie ahead for the weekend in the Maritimes with another swipe of snow and rain expected Sunday.
Colder temperatures lie ahead for the weekend in the Maritimes with another swipe of snow and rain expected Sunday.
As expected, New Brunswick caught the lion’s share of snow on Thursday. Reports from northern areas of the province totalled 15-to-22 cm. Snow amounts are lower in the south of the province with more rain mixing in.
Snow also started in areas of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on Thursday morning before changing to rain. The snow, when combined with cold surfaces, created slick road conditions. Total precipitation for those province combining snow and rain totalled a general 10-to-32 mm.
Wind gusts at Plateau in Inverness, Cape Breton clocked in at 135 km/h. Gusts on the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia reached 80-to-90 km/h and peak gusts near 80 km/h were reported at coastal areas of Prince Edward Island.
It will be a chilly Friday for the Maritimes with a gusty westerly wind keeping afternoon temperatures near and below freezing.
Temperatures continue to plummet Saturday night with low temperatures of -7 C to -14 C for much of the region except closer to -16 C in northern areas of New Brunswick. High temperatures on Saturday will be -4 C to -8 C for most except -2 C to -4 C on the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia.
