‘Monster’ storm to brush N.S.
Posted Dec 9, 2009 08:13:10 AM.
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A storm that some forecasters are calling a “monster” is headed this way.
A system that has caused at least five deaths in the U.S. is currently battering southern Ontario with high winds and forecasters say up to 15 centimetres of snow could arrive before turning to rain later this morning.
By the end of the week, parts of New York state could be under a metre of snow.
Nova Scotia won’t get the full brunt of the storm, but Halifax is under a wind warning this morning and the drive home could be tricky.
News 95.7 meterologist Richard Zurawski says the highlight of this deep low pressure system is the high winds, which will reach gusts of 90 kilometres an hour.
He says varying temperatures will make for messy conditions beginning on your drive home late this afternoon.
“So we’re going to start off with all sorts of snow and wind and then it’s going to switch over into rain and wind,” he said. “Then it’s going to get cold again and everything’s going to freeze.”
Zurawski says we’re in for five centimetres of snow before it turns to rain in Halifax, but more will fall further inland.
“Going through the Cobequid Pass, Wentworth, it’s not going to be pretty at all, and especially by the time you get to Moncton, you could be looking at 25 cm of snow,” he said.
Zurawski says southern New Brunswick is in for much more snow than Halifax.
