Blizzard anticipation had been in the air since early Monday morning, but snow didn’t decide to show up until much later.
A winter weather warning was in effect for the entire province, with almost 30 centimetres of snow expected to fall by Tuesday morning.
“We started preparing yesterday morning, to get all of our equipment up and ready for today’s storm,” said Trevor Harvie of Halifax Winter Operations.
Schools were closed and several flights were cancelled by the time the first flakes started to fall. Some passengers, including one family who just returned from Florida, landed in the knick of time.
“I’m travelling with my two sons and my sister and her family and we were very fortunate, didn’t affect us today, we got in just in time,” passenger Heather Mitchell said.
Halifax Transit was on several snow routes by early evening and further adjustments were expected as the storm progresses into Tuesday morning.
“Visibility could potentially be an issue with the wind that we’re seeing already. If you want to find out if there are any service disruptions we encourage you to monitor the Twitter feed,” said Halifax Transit’s Tiffany Chase.
Whiteout conditions coated most of the city by nightfall and snow clearing crews are expecting to have a busy schedule.
“Tonight’s going to be an interesting night for sure, so we got a blizzard watch on the go right now. We’re expecting probably around 30 centimetres,” Harvie said.
While snow crews haven’t had to deal with as much snowfall as last years ruthless winter season, they’re still expecting a messy few days ahead.
“Rush hour tomorrow morning could be difficult but that’s kind of out of our control,” Harvie said.
The Halifax Stanfield International Airport is expecting flight delays to continue into tomorrow and is advising passengers to check their flight status prior to arriving at the airport.
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