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WOCN11 CWHX 041844
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:44 P.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.
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==DISCUSSION==
MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD GIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS: NOVA SCOTIA.
POTENTIAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 5 CM TO POSSIBLY 15 CM THROUGH FRIDAY,
WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY INLAND AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: EASTERLY 70 TO 80 KM/H, WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.
TIMING: TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
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 SCATTERED UTILITY OUTAGES. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT AND LIGHTER IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT OR
FRIDAY WITH MUCH LOWER LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION.
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
END/ASPC
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