Storm skirts province, still dumps considerable snow
Posted Dec 21, 2009 05:14:11 AM.
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The U.S. east coast may have seen record amounts of snow over the weekend, but the storm spared Canada’s east coast the same fate Sunday night. It did snow overnight, especially along the South Shore, but it wasn’t as much as had been predicted.
The plows have been out and the drive into work should be okay Monday morning. Flights are also on time at Stanfield International.
About 10 to 15 centimetres of snow fell on Metro Halifax overnight, up to 25 centimetres in Shelburne and areas of the South Shore.
More was forecast, but meteorologist Richard Zurawski tells us the bulk of the storm passed south of the province.
“The storm just nudged itself just a little further south,” Zurawski said. “We didn’t get the full brunt of it.”
Mild temperatures, grey skies and some rain are in the forecast as we head toward Christmas day Friday. Zurawski says we should still have snow on the ground for a white Christmas kind of.
“We’re going to have some white, depending on where you are,” said Zurawski. “Along the south shore it might be a little greyer than it is white, and of course when the snow has been around for a few days without getting that fresh supply it’s going to be kind of dreary and slushy.”
Today is also the first official day of winter.
The season arrives officially at 1:47 this afternoon and its all downhill to spring from there.
