The last weekend of a very snowy and cold January will feature another big storm.
A special weather statement warns of snow on Friday and a storm following right behind with potentially 20 centimetres of snow or more.
Environment Canada meteorologist Jill Maepea said a band of snow developing in the Bay of Fundy with bring 10-15 centimetres of snow to areas like Saint John and Moncton tomorrow.
“However, the snow is expected to be quite light and fluffy due to the temperature. Similar to the snow we had earlier this week and it tends to accumulate quite quickly,” Maepea said.
Several temperature records were broken with extremely cold temperatures on Thursday morning.
It was -39.7 in Edmundston breaking an old record from 2009, Saint John broke a 98-year-old record with the temperature of -29.8.
Bordertown also broke a record reaching -31.1 beating the old mark of -28.5 set in 2009.
The Edmundston area recorded a wind chill overnight of -40.
As for Saturday’s weather event, Maepea said we are looking another significant storm with 20 to 30 centimetres of snow.
“We are expecting generally heavy snow especially for southern areas of the province and lots of blowing snow,” Maepea said.
Maepea adds the region gets a break from storms and bitter cold next week as February brings warmer temperatures near the freezing mark.
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