Spots of snow, strong winds amid Tuesday in the Maritimes

CTV Atlantic meteorologist Kalin Mitchell has details on a weather system that's set to bring rain, showers, snow and strong winds to the Maritimes.

A low-pressure system and associated weather fronts will move from Quebec and into the Maritimes Tuesday night. Most can expect rain and showers, but the northeastern corner of New Brunswick will get into some wet snow and stronger winds are expected in northern Inverness County, Cape Breton.

Rain and snow

There will be a chance of showers in southwestern New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia Tuesday afternoon. Rain, drizzle and fog will develop west-to-east across the Maritimes Tuesday evening through midnight.

The rain will mix with or turn to wet snow in the area of New Brunswick bordered by Campbellton, Mount Carleton and Bathurst. That snow may accumulate as much as five-to-15 cm by Wednesday morning and is accompanied by a Snowfall Warning by Environment Canada.

The Miramichi area as well as the Acadian Peninsula could also see some snow mix in with the rain. Accumulations look less likely for those areas but they remain under a Special Weather Statement by Environment Canada, stating snow amounts of five-to-10 cm aren’t completely out of the question.

Rain totals for most of the Maritimes are expected to be in the range of five-to-15 mm. The northwestern corner of New Brunswick could have some local amounts of 20-to-35 mm.

The bulk of the rainy and snowy weather clears through the overnight. Some scattered showers and flurries are expected in the Maritimes for Wednesday.

Wind outlook

The arrival of the low will keep winds a bit blustery for the Maritimes tonight.

Expected to be southerly through the evening, some gusts will reach 30-to-50 km/h. That shouldn’t cause any issues. Due to the topography of the Cape Breton Highlands, peak gusts in the area of Inverness County from Belle Cote to Meat Cove could reach 90+ km/h overnight into early Wednesday morning. Environment Canada has issued a Wind Warning for the area.

The wind will turn westerly for Wednesday. Still on the blustery side, it will be sustained at 15-to-30 km/h with gusts 30-to-60 km/h.

Late week

A ridge of high pressure is still expected to build into the Maritimes for Friday. It will be a fair weather day to get the Easter Weekend started. Sunny or mostly sunny conditions are expected. Daytime highs in the region will reach the high single digits and low teens.

A low-pressure system arriving Saturday will bring increasing cloudiness and areas of showers and rain to the Maritimes. As long as current timing hold most of the wet weather associated with that system should be clear of the region by Sunday morning. Temperatures on Sunday would be cool in the wake of that system. Daytime highs will be in the mid-to-high single digits.

High pressure would then build back in for Monday. There will be fair weather with temperatures coming up a few degrees.