It was sunny and above freezing here yesterday.Some of the snow from Saturday melted but there's still lots left to go.
It's quite cool here this morning and the wind is fairly brisk from the NW.We should reach 0° here today,and we might see a flurry or two,but that's about it.
There is an approaching system that will stay offshore as it makes it's way to Newfoundland.We are not expected to see any significant impact from it here but winds of 90Km/h are forecast for eastern parts of NS.NL is expecting lots of snow and wind when it hits them later today and into tomorrow.
From the Chronicle Herald:
Forecasters were tracking a massive storm on Sunday that threatened to unleash powerful winds in parts of Nova Scotia and bury Newfoundland under 50 centimetres of snow over a couple of days.
The brawny low-pressure system was expected to lash eastern parts of mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton with winds gusting up to 90 kilometres an hour beginning overnight Sunday and persisting into mid-week.
While the only snow forecast for the province was between five and 10 centimetres in Cape Breton, Environment Canada said lingering winds could whip up fresh snow that fell across the province on the weekend, creating whiteout conditions in some areas.
"Winds will gust pretty much everywhere across mainland Nova Scotia, a little bit lighter the further west you go," forecaster Chris Fogerty said Sunday. "There will be probably quite a bit of blowing, drifting snow."
The storm was expected to hit winter-weary Newfoundland the hardest, heaving snow across the province on Monday. The same powerful winds predicted for Nova Scotia were expected to hammer the island, as well.
The snow was expected to be mixed with freezing rain or ice pellets on Tuesday, while rain was forecast for the province’s Avalon Peninsula, where the capital city of St. John’s is located.
The latest storm prediction follows a bout of nasty weather that brought about 20 centimetres of snow to the area on the weekend.
Just last week, St. John’s was virtually shut down after a major storm, while heavy snow prompted a state of emergency on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island.
In Nova Scotia, many residents spent the weekend digging out after 15 centimetres of heavy snow fell on Saturday.
While the calendar indicates that spring is just around the corner, Fogerty said snowplow operators in Atlantic Canada could be kept busy for some time.
"Well, if climatology has any say, I certainly wouldn’t expect this storm on being the last part of winter," he said from Dartmouth.
"You know how it goes, you get one storm, the weather turns fair for a while, (but) we could get another system in April. Certainly what I can say is that most of this week is going to be quite uncomfortable with the cold northerly winds."
- ©Al C 2008
Conditions on Hoptoad Hill at publication time:
Temperature: -5°C
Wind: brisk NW
Sky: clear
Precip: none
Conditions from Environment Canada's local weather station in Western Head at publication time:
Temperature: -4.9°C
Pressure / Tendency: 101.3 kPa rising
Humidity: 60 %
Wind Chill: -12
Dewpoint: -11.4°C
Wind: NNW 21 gust 36 km/h
The Environment Canada forecast for our area:
Today..Cloudy with sunny periods. 40 percent chance of flurries this
afternoon. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting
to 70 this morning. High zero. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight..Cloudy periods with 40 percent chance of flurries this
evening. Clearing overnight. Wind north 40 km/h gusting to 70. Low
minus 8.
Tuesday..Sunny. Wind north 40 km/h gusting to 70. High minus 1.
Yesterday's official data from Environment Canada:
Temps: high: -0.5° low: -5.6° Precip: 0
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