Looking out your window this morning, it’s a completely different sight as compared to yesterday.
Students are getting another day off though, as Anglophone East, Anglophone South, Anglophone North and Francophone South are keeping schools closed for another day.
The blizzard warning has been lifted, but we expect an additional 5 centimetres to fall in light flurries today.
The highest wind gusts in the province recorded yesterday were in Greater Moncton at 117 kilometres an hour, and as of 2am this morning, we had over 39 centimetres of snow on the ground.
The high winds caused a lot of blowing and drifting snow, that made for zero visibility. Many roads were impassable.
Most of the province was shut down, with only a few businesses choosing to stay open.
But Environment Canada Meteorologist Jeremy March says it’s winter afterall.
He says, “It’s definitely not unusual. I mean this is winter in the Maritimes and these storms are common pretty much every winter. I remember the Paul Bunyan storm, when it was dubbed back in the early 90’s that dumped 160 centimetres on the City of Moncton over a two day period. So in comparison, this is nothing.”
March says don’t put away the shovels just yet. There’s another system expected to make it’s way through from Friday into Saturday, and the chance of another storm early next week.
