Winter Not Even Close to Done Yet in the East
Secondary road in the Brackley Beach area along the north-central coast of Prince Edward Island.
Two more shots of Arctic air will infiltrate the eastern half of the country over the next 10 days. After that there are signs that the steering winds will become more westerly, which would send the coldest air back to where it belongs.
Computer model projected temperature anomalies in deg C for this coming Friday morning...
Computer model projected temperature anomalies in deg C for the following Thursday morning (Feb. 26)...
Another coastal storm forms Thursday
A strong trough will help develop another coastal storm just south of Nova Scotia on Thursday. This storm will not be even close to the strength of the past blizzard, but it will be capable of producing significant accumulations Thursday and Thursday night over parts of the Maritimes and especially New Brunswick.
This trough will also produce widespread snow showers and some squalls across Ontario and southern Quebec Wednesday/Wednesday night as it moves through and ushers in the next blast of bitterly cold air.
At this point, I lean toward a general 5-10 cm over southern/central Nova Scotia to 15-25 cm over central and northern New Brunswick. We will have an accumulation map posted tomorrow morning.
Weekend system
Computer models have trended a little flatter (weaker) with the weekend system coming up from the southwest, but even still the system will be able to tap into some Gulf moisture.
At this point, it appears that the greatest chance for significant accumulations of snow would be extreme southern Ontario down into Ohio, Pennsylvania and southern New England. We should have a better handle on this storm later Wednesday and certainly Thursday.
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Post blizzard images from Prince Edward Island where there was anywhere from 70 to 80 cm of snow with this past storm...
As of last count, there was 117 cm (46 inches) of snow on the ground in Charlottetown, PEI.
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