Active AlertsCentreville Academy, NL

Yellow Warning - Snowfall

Issued at Sun 5:13 AM Jan. 18
Issued by: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Description

Significant snowfall is expected.

Locations: portions of northeastern and central Newfoundland as well as the southwest and west coasts.

Total snowfall: generally near 15 cm except 15 to 25 cm for central Newfoundland.

Time span: beginning overnight tonight until Monday evening.

Remarks: Snow will develop overnight tonight then become heavy at times on Monday. Strong winds on Monday will result in reduced visibility in blowing snow over exposed areas. Snowfall rates of 3 to 5 cm per hour are possible over some areas.

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Travel will likely be challenging. Visibility will likely be reduced at times.

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 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.

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