More in store

Another blast of winter on the way

Take a deep breath, relax for a minute or two and then start getting ready for the next one.

Environment Canada meteorologist Tracie Talbot says we are in for more of the same over the next few weeks until the jet stream shifts.

“This is a pretty standard weather pattern for this time of the year,” said Talbot, in a phone interview with the Truro Daily News.

“The jet stream is right over us and for the last week and a half the jet stream has been directing these storms our way. There will be a shift sometime in the next few weeks and that will give us a break from these consecutive storms.”

Talbot says the most recent two-day storm has mostly moved out of Nova Scotia but will still be generating some onshore winds for the eastern portion of the province.

Not quite White Juan

Environment Canada didn’t have snowfall amounts from this last storm for Truro, but Talbot says the Halifax airport received 50 centimetres, Nappan in Cumberland County had 31, and Cape George in Antigonish County received 45 cm.

Other parts of Halifax County received close to 60 cm and the biggest snowfall in the province was in Greenwood at 61 cm.

Still, that doesn’t quite compare to White Juan in February 2004 when Halifax received 88.5 cm in one day – although some areas of New Brunswick did get snowfalls in that range from this last storm.

“The places in Nova Scotia that got the big snowfalls in White Juan didn’t get those big amounts this time, so it would be difficult to compare that way,” said Talbot.

Storm tonight

The next storm due to arrive tonight shouldn’t be as intense.

“It is still a little far off to give an official forecast but the snowfall amounts will be more in the range of 10 to 20 cm, and that could be mixed with rain or ice pellets,” said Talbot. “We shouldn’t see winds gusting over 90 kilometres an hour like the last storm, although maybe a few places will get that.”

Talbot says this next storm won’t be close to two days in length like the last one, but should start tonight and will taper to flurries by Thursday afternoon.

“People should keep an eye on the updated forecasts as we see systems move into our area, we will be updating with the latest information.”

Cover photo By Jonathan Riley/tc Media

Andrew Johnson with the Town of Truro blows snow from the ice surface at the Civic Square Tuesday.

JOnATHAn RILey/TC MedIA Dan MacKinnon and Rachel Brautigam took Hayden Brautigam and James MacKinnon for a sled ride in the fresh, fallen snow of Victoria Park Tuesday.

JOnATHAn RILey/TC MedIA Rob Teale clears the steps of a building on Prince Street Tuesday.

JOnATHAn RILey/TC MedIA Bassam and Boulos Herz helped Brian Cormier clean off the steps of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Tuesday. The Herzs arrived in Truro last fall and say they experienced a “little” snow in Syria, but nothing like this.