Heavy rain and strong winds will hit most of Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick on Tuesday.
Environment Canada has issued special weather forecasts in both provinces. Nova Scotia could get the worst of a low-pressure system over Chesapeake Bay.
Wind warnings have already been issued for counties in southwestern Nova Scotia, such as Digby, Yarmouth and Shelburn.
Up to 60 millimeters of rain can fall with winds potentially reaching 90 km / h in many areas. The wind could reach 160 km / h in Inverness County, which is also under wind warning.
“There will be strong southeast winds in the western part of the sea on Tuesday morning,” Halifax-based meteorologist Jim Abraham said in an interview.
“Then the rain will start in the morning in the southwestern part of Nova Scotia, in Yarmouth. It will reach Halifax, along with strong winds around noon, and finally, by evening, it will reach the island of Cape Breton,” he said.
Clearing is slower & Today in the eastern regions the temperature is cool with places of snow / rain. Wonderful day to the west.
Rain & wind storm crosses sea areas slowly on Tuesday (beginning of lunch Halifax). Atl & Fundy shores likely to exceed 50 mm & Southeast wind gusts may exceed 90 km / h in places (interruptions?) pic.twitter.com/Vy9keH63g8
– @ YHZweatherguy
Rainfall will be highest on the Atlantic coast, Abraham said. He says the actual duration of the rainfall will be somewhere between 12 and 18 hours.
Abraham says residents of parts of Nova Scotia should expect power outages.
There’s not much rainfall in the New Brunswick forecast, but Abraham says the day could be a mess.
“Parts of New Brunswick can start as mixed snow and ice pellets,” he said.
Special weather forecasts issued in several counties in the province call for 20 to 30 millimeters of rain and winds of up to 80 km / h.
Anyone returning to the sea after the Easter holidays could experience heavy snowfall in parts of Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States, Abraham said.
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