If you thought last Friday’s storm was a doozy, there is another one in store for later this week.
Environment Canada is watching another potential significant winter storm Friday into Saturday.
The weather agency issued a special weather statement early Wednesday for southeastern parts of the province, including:
- Fundy National Park
- Grand Lake and Queens County
- Kent County
- Kouchibouguac National Park
- Moncton and Southeast New Brunswick
- Saint John and County
- Sussex – Kennebecasis Valley and Kings County
Meteorologist Jill Maepea said the storm looks similar to the one we saw last Friday.
However, she said there is still uncertainty in terms of the storm’s timing and who will get the most snow.
“It is centered on the southeastern portion of the province and snowfall amounts are similar to last week, but some of our computer models are showing less,” Maepea said Wednesday.
The current amounts are “highly variable,” she said, from as low as five to 10 centimetres to as much as 40 centimetres.
Maepea said snowfall amounts will gradually diminish as you move further north and west into the province.
The storm is expected to be a mainly snow event for New Brunswick, but forecasters said there could be a short period of rain to start.
Maepea said wind gusts in the 70 to 80 kilometre per hour range are also expected to bring local blowing snow once again.
Environment Canada said higher than normal water levels are also possible along the Northumberland Strait, with the highest levels likely south of Miramichi.
As the system pulls through the region, Maepea said we can expect to see a sharp drop in temperatures into Saturday.
“We’re expecting probably some wind chill values again near minus 30,” she said.
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