2018 is coming in like a lion with a major storm bringing a messy mix of weather to our doorstep.
Environment Canada meteorologist Claude Cote says by daybreak tomorrow we’ll be looking at total snowfall amounts of up to 10 centimetres then possibly 20 to 30 millimetres of rain.
The winds are also going to be strong with gusts up 70 kilometres an hour late this afternoon through the evening hours though the wet snow means that we probably won’t see much in the way of blowing snow.
Very wet snow is now getting heavier. Roads uptown are very slushy & sidewalks are becoming slippery #nbstorm #sjstorm. pic.twitter.com/o1q0CtTclh
— CHSJ News (@chsjnews) January 4, 2018
Cote says this system is going to become what is called a weather bomb.
“What we call a weather bomb…is a low pressure system that intensifies very rapidly and what we’re looking for is the central pressure of a storm to deepen by about 24 millibars by about a period of 24 hours,” says Cote.
“The system is still strengthening, gaining intensity, energy and there’s no doubt this weather system will become what we call a weather bomb with much further depeening taking place.”
Cote says these weather bombs are not unusual and we get them when we get the right conditions and typically we get one to three during the winter season.
“Temperatures will continue to get a few degrees warmer, we’re looking at this evening an overnight temperature maybe near 5 Celcius so much of the precipitation will be in the form of rain,” says Cote.
“Then in the wake of that system we’ll see brisk westerly winds and temperatures dropping again to well before freezing on Friday.”
Winds are picking up speed in Saint John. @environmentca says winds will gust to a maximum of 70km/h. pic.twitter.com/8X34axuF4q
— CHSJ News (@chsjnews) January 4, 2018
A wind warning has just been issued for Saint John. There are now 3 weather warnings in effect for our area @environmentca #sjstorm #nbstorm. pic.twitter.com/scczUXTKLw
— CHSJ News (@chsjnews) January 4, 2018
