#Liverpool - Snowing and rainfall warning

Currently snowing here and the streets are covered.Temp is -3.6°C and winds are calm.

It’s going to be a nasty day here:

Today

 

Cloudy. Snow beginning this morning then changing to ice pellets late this morning then changing to rain this afternoon. Risk of freezing rain early this afternoon. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 cm. Rainfall amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 60 this afternoon. High plus 2.

 

Tonight

 

Rain. Amount 10 to 20 mm. Wind southeast 40 km/h gusting to 60 becoming south 30 gusting to 50 this evening then west 50 gusting to 70 before morning. Temperature rising to 7 this evening then falling.

 

 

Temps will rise throughout the day and the following warning has been issued by Environment Canada:

 

Queens County
4:37 AM AST Friday 27 January 2012
Rainfall warning for 
Queens County continued

Up to 30 millimetres of rain is expected by Saturday morning.

This is a warning that significant rainfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

A low pressure system over the Eastern United States will track northeastward to lie over Southern New Brunswick by this evening. The low will then move to lie east of Cape Breton Island by Saturday evening. Snow is expected to begin over Western Nova Scotia this morning then spread eastward. The snow will change through ice pellets and freezing rain before it changes to rain. 30 millimetres of rainfall is expected over southwestern and Atlantic coastal sections of Nova Scotia.

Strong southeast winds associated with this low pressure system will gust up to 110 km/h from Margaree Harbour to bay St. Lawrence beginning late this evening. These winds should diminish near dawn on Saturday. 

 

 

 

 

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