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WOCN11 CWHX 040754
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:54 A.M. ADT THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2024.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
HALIFAX METRO AND HALIFAX COUNTY WEST
HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE
LUNENBURG COUNTY
QUEENS COUNTY
SHELBURNE COUNTY
YARMOUTH COUNTY
DIGBY COUNTY
ANNAPOLIS COUNTY
KINGS COUNTY
HANTS COUNTY
COLCHESTER COUNTY - TRURO AND SOUTH
COLCHESTER COUNTY - COBEQUID BAY
CUMBERLAND COUNTY - MINAS SHORE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH AND COBEQUID PASS
COLCHESTER COUNTY NORTH
PICTOU COUNTY
ANTIGONISH COUNTY
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY
SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY
RICHMOND COUNTY
INVERNESS COUNTY - SOUTH OF MABOU.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
INVERNESS COUNTY - MABOU AND NORTH
VICTORIA COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
SEVERAL DAYS OF MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD GIVE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL IN SOME LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS: NOVA SCOTIA.
POTENTIAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 5 CM TO 20 CM THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MAINLY INLAND AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: EASTERLY 70 TO 80 KM/H. STRONGER WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON.
TIMING: TODAY, CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON 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. HOWEVER IT IS NO LONGER LIKELY THAT
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE BEYOND FRIDAY.
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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