Stormy weather continues across the Maritimes, with Newfoundland

An area of low pressure pushing across the Maritimes today is bringing snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, and rain to all three provinces.

In central and northern New Brunswick, snow will develop this morning, then change to ice pellets with a risk of freezing rain. The ice pellets will change to rain over Madawaska and Victoria Counties late in the afternoon. Precipitation will change back to snow across all northern counties late this evening and end overnight.

Western, Central, and Southern New Brunswick will see an extended period of freezing rain. Freezing rain could occur for up to 12 hours through this evening.

Across Prince Edward Island, snow will begin this morning, then transition into ice pellets late this afternoon and to freezing rain this evening and to rain later tonight.

Ice pellets and freezing rain are expected across northern Nova Scotia this morning until this evening. For Halifax and areas south, freezing rain occurring this morning will change to rain later this afternoon.

It will be a snowy Saturday across Newfoundland. There are yellow snowfall warnings in effect for the Avalon Peninsula, Burin Peninsula, and Channel-Port aux Basques. Snow will start overnight and continue through Saturday, with amounts of 15 to 20 cm expected.

Snow is also expected for Burgeo and Connaigre, with amounts of 10 to 15 cm expected.

Forecast confidence:

High

Impact scale:

Moderate