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WOCN11 CWHX 031345
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 10:45 A.M. ADT WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL 2024.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
NOVA SCOTIA.
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==DISCUSSION==
SEVERAL DAYS OF MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD GIVE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL.
LOCATIONS: NOVA SCOTIA.
POTENTIAL MULTI-DAY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 10 TO 20 CM, MAINLY INLAND AND
OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE OVER CAPE BRETON.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: EASTERLY 70 TO 80 KM/H. STRONGER WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA.
TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING POTENTIALLY THROUGH TO
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER ON THURSDAY ACROSS CAPE
BRETON.
REMARKS: THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE VERY WET AND HEAVY IN NATURE.
THIS, ALONG WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS, MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO
BREAK. UTILITY OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN AND BACK
SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR
JUST ABOVE ZERO CELSIUS.
SNOWFALL AND WIND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)NSSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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