Update: All HRCE schools closing early.

Environment Canada release:

4:41 AM AST Monday 23 February 2026

Impact Level: Moderate

Forecast Confidence: High

Hazardous winter conditions are expected.

Total snowfall: 15 to 25 cm, with locally higher amounts possible.

Maximum wind gusts: northeasterly 70 km/h, except 90 over exposed areas.

Time span: late this morning until early Tuesday morning.

Remarks: Snow is expected mix with or change to rain over parts of Halifax county later tonight.

Visibility will likely be suddenly reduced to near zero at times. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic. Local utility outages are likely.

Winter Storm Warnings are issued when multiple types of severe winter weather (such as snow, freezing rain, wind and rain) are expected or occurring.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NSStorm.

In effect for:

Halifax Metro and Halifax County West