special weather statement in effect
Significant period of freezing rain is expected.
Potential freezing rain duration: 3 to 6 hours or more.
Time span: beginning Monday morning over western areas of the province, reaching Cape Breton Monday evening.
Remarks: Freezing rain will change to rain from west to east during the day Monday and Monday night as temperatures rising above zero. Additionally winds will strengthen out of the east to southeast gusting to 70 km/h except gusting over 100 km/h from Margaree Harbour to Bay St. Lawrence overnight Monday night.
Accumulations of ice may create slippery and hazardous travel or walking conditions.
Ice buildup on trees and utility infrastructure may cause damage or outages.
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Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NSStorm.
For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.
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