Active AlertsArnolds Cove Station, NL

Very strong winds are expected.

Locations: northeastern and eastern Newfoundland, as well as the Avalon Peninsula.

Maximum wind gusts: easterly to southerly 80 to 100 km/h shifting to southwest to northwesterly 100 to 110 km/h except 130 km/h along the coast.

Time span: Monday afternoon and Monday night.

Additional information:
Snow is expected to transition through a period of freezing rain and ice pellets to rain either overnight tonight or Monday morning.

Total rainfall (northeastern Newfoundland): 5 to 10 mm.
Total rainfall (eastern Newfoundland and Avalon Peninsula): 10 to 20 mm.

Total snowfall (northeastern Newfoundland): 10 to 15 cm.
Total snowfall (eastern Newfoundland and Avalon Peninsula): 2 to 5 cm.

Freezing rain duration: 2 to 3 hours.

Temperatures will fall quickly Monday afternoon and precipitation will transition back to snow for some areas. Walking and driving may become hazardous due to increasingly icy conditions.

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Utility outages are likely. High-sided vehicles could be overturned by the wind.

Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds.

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

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 some disruptions to transportation, services, and utilities.