Historic Blizzard of 2016/Winter Storm Jonas sets sights on Nova Scotia and Southern Maine

3:28 PM AST Saturday 23 January 2016
Special weather statement in effect for:

• Halifax Metro and Halifax County West

A large and powerful low pressure system currently affecting much of the east coast of the United States will pass south of Nova Scotia later tonight and on Sunday. While many parts of the province will escape the brunt of this system, southwesternmost parts of the province and counties along the Atlantic coast will experience periods of snow and strong northeast winds beginning this evening and persisting into Sunday. At this time the system is expected to remain just far enough offshore to keep amounts below warning criteria for these regions. However, this system would only have to deflect slightly northward to increase snow amounts significantly, especially along southernmost sections of the south shore where forecast snowfall amounts are currently expected to reach upwards of 10 centimeters.

In addition these regions will receive strong northeast winds on Sunday, gusting to 60 km/h and possibly up to 80 km/h along parts of the coast, which will give significantly reduced visibility in blowing snow.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #NSStorm.