Overview
- Newfoundland, which woke Tuesday to blustery snow, saw schools closed across the St. John’s area and parts of central regions under active warnings.
- Environment Canada’s orange alert for the Avalon Peninsula calls for 20 to 40 centimetres of snow with coastal gusts near 100 km/h and a shift to ice pellets and freezing rain.
- Nova Scotia faced 10 to 15 centimetres from Sunday into Monday, with wet, heavy snow prompting multiple school closures and Marine Atlantic ferry cancellations into Tuesday.
- Travel remains risky as winds create blowing snow and near-zero visibility, with forecasters noting uncertainty over where the snow-to-ice line will set up.
- A cross-country low moving east has intensified over central Canada, a common late-March setup that brings mixed precipitation as Arctic air meets warmer, moist Atlantic air.