Winter Storm Gail

3:49 PM AST Tuesday 15 December 2020

Special weather statement in effect for:

Halifax Metro and Halifax County West

Significant snowfall may occur on Thursday.

Locations: most of mainland Nova Scotia

Time span: Beginning Thursday morning and ending early Friday morning.

Remarks: There is considerable uncertainty as to the amount of snowfall these regions will receive. However, current indications are that there is the potential for accumulations greater than 15 cm to occur in some areas of mainland Nova Scotia Thursday. As with most storms that pass south of Nova Scotia, a small difference in the forecast track will could result in a significant change in the snowfall forecast.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #NSStorm.