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FORECASTS FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
5:00 A.M. ADT THURSDAY 12 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. ADT.
HALIFAX METRO AND HALIFAX COUNTY WEST
LUNENBURG COUNTY
QUEENS COUNTY.
TODAY..SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER EARLY THIS
MORNING. AMOUNT 5 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
50. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS
EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO SNOW MIXED
WITH ICE PELLETS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. SNOW
AND ICE PELLET AMOUNT 2 CM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS EVENING.
WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING
TO 40 THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2.
FRIDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
MORNING. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING
TO 50 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3.
WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY.
TODAY..SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50
THIS MORNING. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE EARLY
THIS EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO SNOW
MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS BEFORE MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS
EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20
GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2.
FRIDAY..SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF FLURRIES. CLEARING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 2 CM.
WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 9
IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
SHELBURNE COUNTY
YARMOUTH COUNTY
DIGBY COUNTY.
TODAY..SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER EARLY THIS
MORNING. AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE CHANGING TO FLURRIES OR ICE PELLETS
NEAR MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING
THIS EVENING. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW MINUS 2.
WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
MORNING. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING
TO 50 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3.
WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
ANNAPOLIS COUNTY
KINGS COUNTY
HANTS COUNTY.
TODAY..SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER EARLY THIS
MORNING. AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING. HIGH 10. UV
INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS NEAR
MIDNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER
MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. SNOW AND ICE PELLET AMOUNT
5 CM. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING.
LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND
CHILL MINUS 12 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
COLCHESTER COUNTY - TRURO AND SOUTH
PICTOU COUNTY.
TODAY..SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE EARLY
THIS EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO SNOW
MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 MM. SNOW AND ICE PELLET AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND
SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF FLURRIES. CLEARING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 5 CM.
WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 13
IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
COLCHESTER COUNTY - COBEQUID BAY
CUMBERLAND COUNTY - MINAS SHORE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH AND COBEQUID PASS
COLCHESTER COUNTY NORTH.
TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER EARLY THIS MORNING.
AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING THEN LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH 11. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS NEAR MIDNIGHT.
RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL
AMOUNT 5 MM. SNOW AND ICE PELLET AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND BECOMING
NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 5. WIND
CHILL MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF FLURRIES. CLEARING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
ANTIGONISH COUNTY.
TODAY..RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS
MORNING. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30
GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE EARLY
THIS EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO SNOW
MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 MM. SNOW AND ICE PELLET AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND
SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF FLURRIES. CLEARING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 5 CM.
WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 13
IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY
RICHMOND COUNTY
INVERNESS COUNTY - SOUTH OF MABOU.
TODAY..FLURRIES CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE THIS MORNING.
RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. FOG PATCHES. WIND
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50
NEAR NOON. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE THIS
EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. FOG
PATCHES DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW ZERO.
FRIDAY..SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. SNOW AND ICE PELLET
AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 40
GUSTING TO 60 IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 4 IN THE
MORNING THEN RISING. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 13. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
INVERNESS COUNTY - MABOU AND NORTH.
TODAY..FLURRIES CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. RISK OF
FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND
SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 FROM MARGAREE
HARBOUR TO BAY ST. LAWRENCE EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 THIS MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS
BEFORE MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MORNING. RAINFALL
AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHWEST
20 GUSTING TO 40 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 1.
FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING
TO MINUS 5 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING AND
MINUS 14 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
VICTORIA COUNTY.
TODAY..FLURRIES CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. RISK OF
FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND
SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60
THIS MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS
BEFORE MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MORNING. RAINFALL
AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHWEST
20 GUSTING TO 40 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 1.
FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING
TO MINUS 5 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING AND
MINUS 14 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
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