Active AlertsRissers Beach Campground, NS

A prolonged period of snow with localized blowing snow continuing.

Locations: central and western Nova Scotia.

Total snowfall: additional snowfall amounts 5 cm in the southwest, and 10 to 20 cm elsewhere giving storm totals approaching 35 cm.

maximum wind gusts: near 50 km/h this evening giving localized blowing snow in exposed areas.

Time span: continuing until early Tuesday morning.

Remarks: Light snow is expected to intensify again this evening. Snow will taper off to scattered flurries on Tuesday morning.

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Roads and walkways will likely be difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.

Snowfall warnings are issued when significant impacts are expected due to snowfall accumulations.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NSStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.