Parking ban in effect as heavy snowfall approaches
Posted Mar 14, 2012 05:55:49 AM.
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With just a week until the official start of spring, winter is bringing one more snowstorm to the Maritimes.
The city sees it coming, and has declared the overnight winter parking ban will be in effect tonight from 1 to 6 a.m. until further notice. Residents must keep vehicles off the street or face ticketing and/or towing fees.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, calling for a significant snowfall to blanket most of Nova Scotia tonight and Thursday.
The low pressure system is expected to bring snow and ice pellets as it passes south of the province. Most regions can expect 10 to 20 centimetres of snow, but some areas might get 15 centimetres in less than 12 hours.
News 95.7 meteorologist Richard Zurawski says these late-season storms aren’t uncommon.
“We always do get this in the springtime,” he says. “While the rest of the continent gets very mild temperatures we’re getting a bit of a low pressure system moving through. That’s going to mean Old Man Winter gets another kick at the cat.”
Zurawski says the storm should taper off by Thursday afternoon, and the weather will improve considerably after that.
“By the weekend we’re going to be sharing in mild weather as well,” he said. “Temperatures will be into the double-digits and teens and next week it’s going to be very warm.”
In Halifax, the overnight winter parking ban can still be enforced any night during a snow event, until March 31.
