Classes are cancelled across the South Shore today due to a pending storm.
Environment Canada has issued a blizzard warning, calling for roughly 30 centimetres of snow in Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne and Yarmouth counties over the next 24 hours.
All South Shore and Tri-County School Board schools are closed today.
All schools in the SSRSB and Tri County School Board are closed. It’s a Snow Day kids!!
— CKBW Radio (@ckbwradio) February 8, 2016
The Waldorf School in Blockhouse and Centre Scolaire De La Rive Sud in Cookville are also closed.
Meantime, Nova Scotia Community College campuses in Bridgewater, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby have shut down as well.
#NSCC Lunenburg, Burridge, Shelburne & Digby delayed opening to 10 am. Will reassess at 8 am @cbcstorm @CTVAtlantic @ckbwradio @893KRock
— NSCC News (@NSCCNews) February 9, 2016
In advance of the storm, Nova Scotia Power are preparing their line crew for potential outages. Employees have been out cutting branches near power lines in many areas of the province.
More bad weather coming. We’re trimming in trees in Pictou Co; it was hit hard in last 2 storms. Pic from Westville pic.twitter.com/AvFY2L0OgR
— Nova Scotia Power (@nspowerinc) February 7, 2016
Upwards of 30 centimetres of snow is expected to hit southwestern Nova Scotia. High wind gusts could cause white out conditions and reduced visibility for drivers. Here’s the latest radar image showing the storm system making it’s way up the South Shore. The radar image provided by Environment Canada and last updated at 3:40 p.m.
Another five centimetres is expected on Tuesday morning before the storm system moves on. However, there’s still a chance of a few flurries on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
