Snow, ice continues encasing East Coast as stormy system departs
Snow and icy precipitation will continue in Atlantic Canada on Monday before a frigid cooldown sets everything back in ice
A major winter storm arrived in the Maritimes on Sunday, which brought widespread heavy snow that changed over to a messy mix of freezing rain and ice pellets for some areas.
The storm brought heavy snow to northern New Brunswick, while icy conditions dominated over the rest of the Maritimes.
Over 6,000 customers are without power on Monday morning as the stormy system departs the region. The vast majority of these outages are across Nova Scotia, where freezing rain coated the province.
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Monday into Tuesday: Snow, freezing rain lingers as storm takes its blustery leave
Warm air just above the surface inched into the Maritimes through Sunday night, forcing snow to change over to ice pellets for southern New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and eastern Prince Edward Island.
Parts of the Burin and Avalon peninsulas will be receiving their share of icy precipitation on Monday afternoon, as well as gusty winds and flurries that will continue into Tuesday.
Strong southwest winds will trail behind the system as it leaves the Maritimes on Monday, with the strongest wind gusts being around southwestern Nova Scotia. Yarmouth, N.S., saw wind gusts peak at 96 km/h on Sunday night, but we could see gusts reaching up to 100 km/h on Monday night.
The rest of the region can expect peak wind gusts to stay within the 60-90 km/h range, which will persist into Tuesday.
More power outages are possible due to across the region as strong wind gusts batter icy power lines. Communities that received significant accumulations of ice pellets may find that it’ll be very difficult to shovel once it has a chance to freeze solid.
Very cold, below seasonal weather is expected to return as the storm heads out to sea, which could lead to some sea-effect snow on Tuesday. Cape Breton Island, the Burin and Avalon peninsulas, as well as western Newfoundland are at the most risk to be impacted by this heavy snowfall.
Another storm is possible late next week, especially for southern parts of the region.
Stay with The Weather Network for all the latest on this approaching winter storm.