Messy weather coming on Sunday

Stock up on storm chips, A major winter storm in tracking towards the Maritimes and could bring a messy Sunday morning and into Monday to Queens County.

Emergency management officials say with the mix of rain and freezing rain expected for the South Shore, that we should expect power outages. 25-60 mm of rain could fall in our area, bringing localized flooding

They recommend making sure cell phones are charged, your vehicle is topped up with gas and your emergency kit is ready to go. That includes making sure you have drinking water to last up to three days.

Most of the snow will fall in Northern New Brunswick, while southern New Brunswick and Northern Nova Scotia could see an icy mess.

However the storm is still developing and could shift directions to bring a mix of any of that weather to Queens County.

In the aftermath of the storm temperatures are expected to drop rapidly, causing all that rain to freeze Monday afternoon.

Here is the weather warning from environment Canada:

Winter storm expected to bring major impacts to the region Sunday and into Monday.

A low pressure system will approach the region from the southwest on Sunday and track across the Gulf of St. Lawrence early Monday as a large winter storm. All indications show a major snowfall event for areas north of the track of the low, a major rainfall event south of the track of the low, and significant amounts of snow, rain and an extended period of freezing rain near the track of the low. The precipitation will be accompanied by very strong east to northeast winds ahead of the low’s track, shifting to very strong southerly winds south of its track.

Current indications suggest that the storm will track through the Bay of Fundy Sunday evening and then into the Gulf of St. Lawrence overnight. This track could give snowfall amounts of 10-20 cm and rainfall amounts of 25-60 mm. The highest snowfall amounts will likely be over the Cumberland region of northern Nova Scotia. It should be noted that even a slight shift in its forecast track will have major effects on the type and amount of precipitation received.

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