Winter Storm Mateo Event Summary

Weather summary
for New Brunswick
issued by Environment Canada
at 4:43 a.m. AST Monday 12 February 2018.

Discussion.

Freezing rain and freezing drizzle began Sunday afternoon and ended
overnight as a low tracked northwest of the province.

The following is a list of approximate freezing precipitation
durations across the province (in hours).

Gagetown: 9
Fredericton: 7
Moncton: 5
Saint John: 6
Bathurst: 2

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 4:45 a.m. AST Monday 12 February 2018.

Discussion.

Nova Scotia was affected by two frontal systems which approached
from the United States and then from the St. Lawrence River
beginning Sunday morning and is ending this morning. These systems
gave significant rainfall to areas along the Atlantic coast and
freezing rain to northern and eastern sections of Nova Scotia along
with strong Les Suetes winds.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 2AM AST Monday.

1. Total rainfall accumulations in millimetres:

Baccaro Point: 70
Western Head: 46
Yarmouth: 44
Kejimkujik: 38
Brier Island: 33
Shearwater: 33
Greenwood: 30
Malay Falls: 30
Kentville: 22

2. Duration of freezing rain in hours:

Sydney: 7
Halifax Airport: 4

3. Wind gusts in kilometres per hour:

Grand Etang: 93

4. The following stations set a daily maximum temperature record on
February 11, 2018:

Brier Island
New record of 9.5
Old record of 7.8 set in 1939
Records in this area have been kept since 1937

Yarmouth
New record of 10.6
Old record of 9.8 set in 1981
Records in this area have been kept since 1879

Note: the temperature records reported here have been derived from a
selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record.

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

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