[MonctonRad]

+1C and partly cloudy in Moncton at 2 PM.

A snow squall watch has been issued for the eastern Northumberland Shore of NS and eastern PEI due to NW winds off the strait and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with enough fetch to pick up considerable moisture. Up to 20 cm expected over the next two days.

This is the traditional snow squall zone in the Maritimes (to a lesser degree also the Annapolis Valley and the Cobequid Pass area from the Bay of Fundy and Minas Basin).

Moncton is not really affected by snow squall activity, except from counterclockwise circulation from a nor'easter to our east bringing in moisture from the gulf on the tail of the storm. This happens several times a year. Aside from this, we are at no risk. Squalls and flurries in northern NS and eastern PEI happen with annoying frequency however (at least until the gulf freezes over, which is less and less common these days with global warming).