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WWCN11 CWHX 310749
FREEZING RAIN WARNING
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:49 A.M. ADT MONDAY 31 MARCH 2025.
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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
=NEW= SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY
=NEW= RICHMOND COUNTY
=NEW= INVERNESS COUNTY - SOUTH OF MABOU
=NEW= INVERNESS COUNTY - MABOU AND NORTH
=NEW= VICTORIA COUNTY
COLCHESTER COUNTY - COBEQUID BAY
CUMBERLAND COUNTY - MINAS SHORE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH AND COBEQUID PASS
COLCHESTER COUNTY NORTH
PICTOU COUNTY
ANTIGONISH COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LOCATIONS: NORTHERN NOVA SCOTIA, INCLUDING CAPE BRETON ISLAND.
TOTAL FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS: POSSIBLY UP TO 5 MM.
FREEZING RAIN DURATION: 4 TO 6 HOURS.
REMARKS: A WARM FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION IS BRINGING A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN
TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING OVER MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA, AND
INTO THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAPE BRETON. FREEZING RAIN MAY LINGER INTO
THIS EVENING OVER THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS.
SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY
BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. BE PREPARED TO ADJUST YOUR DRIVING WITH
CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS.
FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN RAIN FALLING IN SUB-ZERO
TEMPERATURES CREATES ICE BUILD-UP AND ICY SURFACES.
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 POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)NSSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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