WOCN11 CWHX 220735

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NOVA SCOTIA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:35 A.M. ADT SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2026.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

=NEW= DIGBY COUNTY

      HALIFAX METRO AND HALIFAX COUNTY WEST

      LUNENBURG COUNTY

      QUEENS COUNTY

      SHELBURNE COUNTY

      YARMOUTH COUNTY.



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==DISCUSSION==



A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. 



LOCATIONS: SOUTHWESTERN SHORE FROM DIGBY TO HALIFAX COUNTIES. 



TOTAL SNOWFALL: 10 TO 15 CM, POSSIBLY HIGHER ALONG PARTS OF THE 

ATLANTIC COAST. 



TIME SPAN: LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. 



REMARKS: SNOW WILL SPREAD WEST TO EAST BEGINNING LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON, REACHING THE HRM BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS 

EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO MONDAY MORNING, THOUGH MAY INTENSIFY 

AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND 

HEAVY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. 



THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL 

OCCUR AS SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO OR MIX WITH ICE PELLETS OR RAIN 

ALONG PARTS OF THE COAST DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)NSSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



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