Nova Scotia’s wacky weather will continue this week as the province is bracing for some snowy weather on Wednesday.
Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for the entire province as the first significant snowfall of the winter season approaches.
On Tuesday afternoon, the snowfall warning was from Yarmouth County to Halifax County, but it’s now been extended to the rest of Nova Scotia.
“Snow will reach western Nova Scotia this afternoon, and spread to the rest of the province later this evening and into the overnight hours.,” the warning said on Wednesday.
“A mixture of rain and snow will occur along the South Shore during the first few hours of the evening.”
Environment Canada said 15 to 30 centimetres of snow is now expected, with the highest accumulations occurring over some areas of the South Shore and eastern Cape Breton.
It said the snow will be accompanied by strong northeasterly winds, which could produce some blowing snow as temperatures fall into the night.
“Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions,” the statement warned. “Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.”
Conditions are expected to improve from west to east early on Thursday.
The snowstorm will come on the heels of a line of thunderstorms that knocked out power to more than 25,000 Nova Scotia Power customers overnight Tuesday.
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