Winter Storm Gregory event summary

Weather summary
for New Brunswick
issued by Environment Canada
at 12:15 p.m. AST Thursday 5 January 2017.

Discussion.

An low pressure system formed off the eastern seaboard Tuesday
evening and tracked across New Brunswick on Wednesday. Southern New
Brunswick saw a mix of snow and ice pellets which quickly changed to
freezing rain by Wednesday morning and then to rain by mid morning.
Central New Brunswick had a prolonged period of freezing rain before
changing over to rain by mid morning. Precipitation over Northern
New Brunswick remained mainly as snow except for northeastern
sections which saw a quick transition to rain before the system
pulled away in the afternoon.

Please note that this summary contains preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report. in
some cases amounts have been estimated.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment Canada.

Summary of Snowfall in centimetres:

Airport observation Sites

Bathurst 14

Automated observation sites (snowfall based on a 10:1 liquid ratio)

Miramichi 20
Charlo 12

Volunteer observations from CoCoRaHS

Doyleville 18
Bathurst 14
Miramichi 12
Bas Caraquet 11
O'Donells 7

Summary of rainfall in millimetres:

Airport observation sites

Saint John 16

Automated observation sites

Fundy Park 22
Point Lepreau 20
Mechanic Settlement 19
Grand Manan 13

Volunteer observations from CoCoRaHS

Saint Andrews 25
Oak Point 23
Dorchester 19
Waterside 17

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

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Weather summary
for Nova Scotia
issued by Environment Canada
at 12:16 p.m. AST Thursday 5 January 2017.

Discussion.

A low pressure system formed off the eastern seaboard Tuesday
evening and tracked across New Brunswick on Wednesday. Precipitation
began as a mixture of snow and ice pellets Tuesday evening over
southwestern Nova Scotia and spread eastward during the night. Snow
changed over to freezing rain and then over to rain for central Nova
Scotia by Wednesday morning except areas along the Annapolis valley
and northern Nova Scotia where a prolonged period of freezing rain
was expected before the switch over to rain by mid morning. Areas
along the Atlantic coast saw significant amounts of rainfall and
strong southeasterly winds before the system pulled away by
Wednesday afternoon.

Please note that this summary contains preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

1. Summary of Rainfall in millimetres:

Airport observation sites

Sydney 29
Halifax 26
Yarmouth 14

Automated observation sites

Port Hawkesbury 42
Baccaro Point 31
Ingonish Beach 27

Volunteer observations from CoCoRaHS

Liverpool 55
Hammonds Plains 53
Dartmouth 52
Halifax 51
Bedford 50
North East Point 47
Spanish Ship Bay 30

2. Summary of Winds in kilometres per hour:

Airport observation sites

Halifax 95
Yarmouth 83
Sydney 80

Automated observation sites

Grand Etang 163
Hart Island 98
Bedford Basin 85
Halifax Dockyard 78
Baccaro Point 78
Port Hawkesbury 78
Shearwater 76
Eskasoni 72

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

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Weather summary
for Prince Edward Island
issued by Environment Canada
at 12:11 p.m. AST Thursday 5 January 2017.

Discussion.

A low pressure system formed off the eastern seaboard Tuesday
evening and tracked across New Brunswick on Wednesday. Strong
southeasterly winds were experienced over Prince Edward Island on
Wednesday morning with the passage of this system.

Summary of winds in kilometres per hour:

The following are unofficial maximum wind gust observations:

East Point 83
Charlottetown 76
Stanhope 70
Summerside 70

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

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