WOCN11 CWHX 220739

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NOVA SCOTIA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:39 A.M. ADT SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2026.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE

      GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY

      SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY

      RICHMOND COUNTY.



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==DISCUSSION==



LOCATIONS: MUCH OF CENTRAL TO EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA ALONG THE ATLANTIC 

COAST. 



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

COAST. 



TIME SPAN: EARLY MONDAY MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. 



REMARKS: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD WEST TO EAST BEGINNING NEAR 

MIDNIGHT TONIGHT REACHING EASTERN CAPE BRETON BY MID MORNING MONDAY. 

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WIND 

GUSTS ON MONDAY COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. 



THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL 

OCCUR AS AREAS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST COULD SEE SNOW MIX WITH ICE 

PELLETS MONDAY EVENING.



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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