WOCN11 CWHX 211850

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NOVA SCOTIA

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 3:50 P.M. ADT SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2026.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

=NEW= HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE

=NEW= GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY

=NEW= SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY

=NEW= RICHMOND COUNTY.



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==DISCUSSION==



LOCATIONS: MUCH OF CENTRAL TO EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA ALONG THE ATLANTIC 

COAST. 



TOTAL SNOWFALL: 10 TO 20 CM, POSSIBLY MORE. 



TIME SPAN: EARLY MONDAY MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. 



REMARKS: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD WEST TO EAST BEGINNING NEAR 

MIDNIGHT MONDAY REACHING EASTERN CAPE BRETON BY MID MORNING MONDAY. 

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY. 



THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL 

OCCUR AS AREAS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST COULD SEE SNOW MIX WITH ICE 

PELLETS MONDAY EVENING.



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)NSSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



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