Sydney, NS - I am now taking a look at Environment Canada's radar imagery, and we can see that the storm is now departing Nova Scotia. With some light snow (I suppose it is snow at 0C) over New Brunswick , PEI, and Nova Scotia, the heaviest precipitation band is now just at Cape Breton. The heaviest part of the band just crossed through Sydney at 22:50 AST, and the band is still moving north. According to Sydney Airport at 22:00 AST, the local area is experiencing rain. The system centre, I believe, is just north of Sable Island (out of radar range), and is continuing to move north. As of now, we can see than Mainland Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI, temperature is coming down, and it can be another 2 to 4 cm of snow before the storm exits the region. According to the Bedford Weather Camera, snow is accumulating. As of 23:15 AST, there is no precipitation in St. John's just yet... but it is surely coming.

Radar had been picking up precipitation with just a heavy band moving past Channel-Port-Aux-Basques. Throughout Newfoundland (except the northwest corner), precipitation should stay as rain, if not, a mix. But snow is definitely unlikely (temperature in Channel-Port-Aux-Basques is just at 3C)

Using the current radar data, I suspect rain should start right around 1:00 AST in St. John's, Conception Bay, and Mount Pearl; while in Stephenville, the precipitation should start as a mix or snow at around 12:30 AST (as the 925mB temperature stays at -2C), then switch over to rain somewhere at 7:00 to 9:00 AST tomorrow morning.

Much of the Atlantic Provinces are on the cold side of the system, except for the warm front moving in just south of Newfoundland, now near St. Bride's, Marystown, Harbour Breton... This should bring a decent amount of rain to the Avalon peninsula... I suspect over 35 mm possible. Apparently, a nice decent line of cold front is just off Halifax's coast. And a decent line of precipitation is just north of Sydney, and thus Sydney's temperature should bound up soon. Sydney should see another burst of precipitation from the cold front later tonight.

Precipitation is starting to reach Northern Quebec and Western Labrador Mainland, I am expecting some snow to fall in the area, but just a light sprinkle, anything from nothing to over 5 cm.

This might be the last blog on this storm, because I'd better get started on my homework!

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