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WOCN11 CWHX 021843
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:43 P.M. ADT THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2026.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY
RICHMOND COUNTY
INVERNESS COUNTY - SOUTH OF MABOU
INVERNESS COUNTY - MABOU AND NORTH
VICTORIA COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS AND PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.
TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
REMARKS: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO ICE PELLETS OR FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY EVENING,
THEN TO RAIN OVER SOUTHERN CAPE BRETON ISLAND ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER
NORTHERN INVERNESS AND VICTORIA COUNTIES BY SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL AND FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED AS THE SYSTEM
DRAWS NEARER AND CONFIDENCE INCREASES.
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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