That special weather statement remains in effect in the province. Environment Canada is forecasting snow to begin this evening over southwestern regions of the province and will spread to the remainder of the province overnight, but that snow is expected to change to ice pellets and then to freezing rain tomorrow morning and could last for up to 3 hours and then change again to rain as the temperature rises.
After the recent ice storm, knocked out power to over 130, 000 residents, NB power is keeping a close eye on what is to come with this storm system.
NB Power has restored power to customers affected by ice storm, now monitoring incoming weatherhttps://t.co/Wm5uvW4grC
— Government of NB (@Gov_NB) February 6, 2017
NB Power Spokesperson Deborah Nobes says we want to be prepared just in case, “We don’t expect this storm to bring the magnitude pf precipitation, but we are watching it very carefully. As the temperatures warm up, and the precipitation changes, we may have some scattered tree impacts on lines. As the ice melts off the trees, the tree branches will bounce up and make contact with the lines, so we’re making sure we’re watching for that and we’re making sure we are prepared.”
She says, residents, especially in the Acadian Peninsula may see some intermittent power outages happen here and there, “This is because of the amount of ice on trees and lines that is already in that region.”
NB Power crews have been working for the past two weeks, in an effort to repair power lines and broken power poles. They were able to have all residents restored yesterday.
Residents across the province has expressed their gratitude to the NB Power workers, who continued for long hours, in cold temperatures, to get the repairs done.
Important information and resources for customers affected by #icestorm2017: https://t.co/NHKmnke2hx
— NB Power (@NB_Power) February 6, 2017
