Environment Canada release:

10:03 PM AST Monday 26 January 2026

Impact Level: Moderate

Forecast Confidence: High

A prolonged period of snow with localized blowing snow continues tonight.

Locations: central and western Nova Scotia.

Additional snowfall: 5 to 15 cm.

maximum wind gusts: near 50 km/h this evening giving localized blowing snow in exposed areas.

Time span: continuing until early Tuesday morning.

Remarks: Light snow is expected to intensify again overnight. Snow will taper off to scattered flurries on Tuesday morning.

Roads and walkways will likely be difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.

Snowfall warnings are issued when significant impacts are expected due to snowfall accumulations.

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.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: Colour-coded Weather Alerts.

In effect for:

Halifax Metro and Halifax County West