Snow, freezing rain hits Newfoundland, ahead of next one

Sunday, January 17, 2016, 9:42 AM - A nor'easter brought some serious snowfall and freezing rain to some parts of the Maritimes Saturday, with Newfoundland feeling some of its effects Sunday.

The system began as freezing rain over much of Nova Scotia's western half Saturday, before switching to heavy snow by the late afternoon.

By Sunday morning, that province had been the hardest hit, with more than 20 cm falling on many communities, and Halifax reporting a whopping 40 cm, its highest single-day total so far this season.

Though the system has mostly moved on, highways across the province are still fully or partially covered with snow, according to Nova Scotia's 511 service, and several flights at Stanfield Airport have been delayed or cancelled.

The system is currently impacting Newfoundland. However, the low is now south of the Avalon, though still bringing snow and some freezing rain to the south of the peninsula.

"Snow will continue this morning and taper off near noon today," Environment Canada said in a special weather statement. "The snow will be mixed with or change over to ice pellets and freezing rain at times. Further snow and ice pellet amounts of up to 5 cm are possible, however amounts will be highly variable by location and depend upon to amount of freezing precipitation that mixes in with the snow."

There's more on the way for the region. Another low is set to brush Nova Scotia with 5-10 cm of snow Monday, but will bring 10-20 cm of snow for the Avalon into Monday night.