Wind warnings remain after messy weekend weather

CITYnews halifax / By Dan Ahlstrand

The wind warning that has been in effect for much of the weekend continues on Tuesday.

Environment Canada says some areas in the region could experience wind gusts as high as 90 km/h through the morning, with the wind expected to subside later in the afternoon.

As for the weekend weather, cleanup efforts are ongoing after the latest winter storm hit the area on Sunday.

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Allister Aalders, 95.7 News Radio Weather Specialist, says the region saw a little bit of everything from this system.

“It started out with snow and ice pellets, about 2-10 cm depending on where you were in the province,” said Aalders. “That was followed up by seven hours of freezing rain.”

Aalders says temperatures then rose, and the area saw about four hours of rain, followed by a drop in temperature, which created ice across the municipality.

While all schools with HRCE were open on Tuesday, all schools in Tri County RCE, South Shore RCE, Chignecto Central RCE schools in Colchester County, Cumberland County, Pictou County, and the Municipality of East Hants, all schools in the Annapolis Valley and Strait RCE were closed for the day.

HRM enforced a winter parking ban on both Sunday and Monday mornings to assist crews in removing ice and snow from area streets.

Nova Scotia Power is reporting scattered power outages across the province this morning, with the majority of interruptions occurring in the Minas Basin area.