Storm slams into Nova Scotia with blowing snow from wind expected

CITYnews halifax / By Dan Ahlstrand

A powerful winter storm is bringing messy snow into Halifax Regional Municipality and Nova Scotia, cancelling buses and causing treacherous driving conditions.

Environment Canada issued a yellow snowfall warning that remains in effect Monday morning for central and northern Nova Scotia, along with Cape Breton, warning that the system will intensify again overnight. Winds are expected to gust to 50 km/h or more, reducing visibility in many areas.

Allister Aalders, 95.7 NewsRadio meteorologist, said that, unlike last week, this system will be with us for some time, as snow should fall into Tuesday morning.

“When you total what fell last night with what falls (Monday) and into early Tuesday, we anticipate a general 30 to 40 cm across HRM,” said Aalders.

The winds will also be an issue with this storm, with strong gusts expected through the day.

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“The winds from the North East today gusting upwards of 50 km/h, Northerly tonight in that range and Northwesterly 20 to 40 at times 50 km/h early Tuesday,” he said.

The storm has resulted in several Regional Centres for Education cancelling classes for the day.

It has also forced Halifax Regional Municipality to issue a parking ban.