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WOCN11 CWHX 031850
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:50 P.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 IN SOME LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS: NOVA SCOTIA.
POTENTIAL MULTI-DAY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 5 CM TO 20 CM THROUGH
SATURDAY, WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MAINLY INLAND AND OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN. HIGHER AMOUNTS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: EASTERLY 70 TO 80 KM/H. STRONGER WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
TIMING: THURSDAY, CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY AND 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 LEAD TO SOME DOWNED TREE
LIMBS AND UTILITY OUTAGES.
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.
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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