Late January Storm Event Summary

AWCN16 CWHX 290826
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ISSUED 
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:56 AM NST SUNDAY 29 JANUARY 2012.

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND ON 
SATURDAY MORNING AND ACROSS THE AVALON PENINSULA SATURDAY NIGHT. 
HEAVY SNOW, STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND LATE OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.
CONDITIONS SPREAD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND THROUGHOUT SATURDAY 
MORNING AND TAPERED TO INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.
OVER SOME SOUTHERN REGIONS THE SNOW CHANGED TO OR BECAME MIXED WITH 
ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN. FOR THE AVALON AND BURIN PENINSULAS 
THE SNOW CHANGED OVER TO ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN AND THEN 
EVENTUALLY OVER TO RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL SNOWFALL (CM) AND RAINFALL (MILLIMETRES) 
AMOUNTS AS OF 5:30 AM NST SUNDAY OBSERVED AT:.

MANNED OBSERVATION SITES
ST. JOHN'S SNOWFALL ............................. 18.0 CM
ST. JOHN'S RAINFALL .............................  1.0 MM
GANDER SNOWFALL ................................. 27.0 CM
DEER LAKE SNOWFALL .............................. 24.0 CM
STEPHENVILLE SNOWFALL ........................... 22.0 CM

UNMANNED OBSERVATION SITES*
CAPE RACE SNOWFALL .............................. 14.6 CM
CAPE RACE RAINFALL ..............................  1.6 MM
ARGENTIA SNOWFALL ...............................  8.0 CM
ARGENTIA RAINFALL ...............................  7.9 MM
ST. LAWRENCE SNOWFALL ........................... 16.5 CM
ST. LAWRENCE RAINFALL ........................... 18.1 MM
BURGEO SNOWFALL ................................. 30.7 CM
PORT AUX BASQUES SNOWFALL ....................... 12.5 CM
BONAVISTA SNOWFALL .............................. 13.9 CM
TERRA NOVA SNOWFALL ............................. 26.7 CM
BADGER SNOWFALL ................................. 23.2 CM
WRECKHOUSE SNOWFALL ............................. 10.8 CM
WRECKHOUSE RAINFALL .............................  2.5 MM

*SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM WATER EQUIVALENT.

OTHER UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATION SITES:
BRANCH SNOWFALL .................................  8.0 CM
BRANCH RAINFALL ................................. 10.0 MM
CORMACK ......................................... 29.0 CM
LETHBRIDGE ...................................... 21.0 CM

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL MAXIMUM WIND OBSERVATIONS:
ST. JOHN'S ......................................  93 KM/H
LONG POND .......................................  96 KM/H
DEER LAKE ....................................... 100 KM/H
CAPE RACE .......................................  76 KM/H
ARGENTIA ........................................  91 KM/H
GRATES COVE ..................................... 102 KM/H
ST. LAWRENCE ....................................  81 KM/H
WINTERLAND ......................................  78 KM/H
SAGONA ISLAND ...................................  93 KM/H
BURGEO .......................................... 102 KM/H
PORT AUX BASQUES ................................ 113 KM/H
BONAVISTA .......................................  93 KM/H
WRECKHOUSE ...................................... 156 KM/H
ROCKY HARBOUR ...................................  76 KM/H

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AWCN11 CWHX 281003
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 5:21 PM AST SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2012.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED NORTH OF NOVA SCOTIA BROUGHT A 
MIXED BAG OF WINTER WEATHER TO PARTS OF NOVA SCOTIA. PRECIPITATION 
GENERALLY STARTED AS SNOW BUT CHANGED TO ICE PELLETS OR FREEZING
RAIN BEFORE CHANGING COMPLETELY TO RAIN FOR MOST OF THE PROVINCE. 
PARTS OF THE PROVINCE SAW GUSTY WINDS BUT LES SUETES WIND
OVER CAPE BRETON WERE PARTICULARLY STRONG FOR THIS STORM.

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL (MM) AMOUNTS AS OF 3:00 AM
AST SATURDAY OBSERVED AT:

 YARMOUTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 MM SHEARWATER . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .  39 MM WESTERN HEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
52 MM BACCARO POINT. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27 MM BRIER ISLAND .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .  33 MM


THE FOLLOWING UNOFFICIAL MAXIMUM WIND GUST OBSERVATION:


 GRAND ETANG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  156 KM/H


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AWCN14 CWHX 280913
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NEW BRUNSWICK ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:13 AM AST SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2012.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSED JUST SOUTH OF NEW BRUNSWICK LAST NIGHT. 
SNOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM STARTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN
SOUTHWESTERN REGIONS AND SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 
OVER REGIONS ALONG THE FUNDY COAST THE SNOW CHANGED THROUGH ICE 
PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. OVER CENTRAL 
REGIONS THE SNOW CHANGED TO ICE PELLETS THEN TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE 
EVENING, WITH NEAR 9 HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN REPORTED IN GAGETOWN.


THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL SNOWFALL (CM) AND RAINFALL (MM) AMOUNTS 
AS OF 5:00 AM AST SATURDAY OBSERVED AT:

MANNED OBSERVATION SITES MONCTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MM RAIN. 9 CM SNOW. SAINT JOHN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MM
RAIN. 3 CM SNOW. SAINT LéONARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MM
RAIN. 9 CM SNOW. GAGETOWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MM
RAIN. 6 CM SNOW. BATHURST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 CM
SNOW.

UNMANNED OBSERVATION SITES BAS CARAQUET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
23 CM SNOW. RED PINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22 CM SNOW. 
EDMUNDSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16 CM SNOW. GRAND MANAN
ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . .  43 MM RAIN. 10 CM SNOW.

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