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The winter of 2025-26 is turning into a bit of a throwback with lots of snow and cold temperatures, which are keeping the snow in place.
And now there’s more snow on the way, as an Alberta clipper gets set to bring another round of the white stuff to the province for Wednesday and into Thursday.
Totals are looking set to range between 10 and 20 cm, with the highest amounts most likely to land along the Atlantic coastline, the Northumberland Shore and across Cape Breton.
Amounts will taper off to the north, however southern New Brunswick and P.E.I. will also see accumulating snowfall Wednesday into Thursday.
With temperatures near and even slightly above freezing, the snow will be heavier in nature to shovel and may be enough to weigh down some branches into power lines. Some outages can’t be ruled out and folks should prepare accordingly.
The temperatures near zero will also mean that the snow will turn the roads greasy and then snowy through the course of the day on Wednesday.
Timing
(Ryan Snoddon/CBC)
The snow will arrive in the west of the province early Wednesday morning and then spread eastward throughout the morning. While light snow is likely for the morning commute in the metro area, the snowiest road conditions will be in the Tri-county, Valley and South Shore regions.
More widespread traffic slowdowns are likely for the afternoon and evening drive home across the province. Expect snowy, slushy and slow-going conditions, with a widespread two to five centimetres on the ground for most and five to 10 centimetres in the Tri-county and South Shore regions.
(Ryan Snoddon/CBC)
The steadiest snowfall will continue to track into eastern areas throughout the evening and overnight hours. At the same time, the snow will begin to taper to flurries for western and then central areas by early Thursday morning.
Thursday morning will be cleanup time for western and central areas with northwest winds gusting to 40 km/h leading to some blowing and drifting snow in exposed areas.
(Ryan Snoddon/CBC)
Further east, across the Northumberland Shore and into Cape Breton, the snow will linger in the morning and then taper to flurries throughout the afternoon. Here winds will gust 40 to 60 km/h with some blowing and drifting right into Thursday evening and overnight.
Quiet weather returns for Friday and into Saturday, but we’ll need to keep an eye on another Alberta clipper moving into the region Saturday night and into Sunday.
At the moment there’s still lots of uncertainty about the track and impacts of that system. As always, stay tuned.
(Ryan Snoddon/CBC)
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