White Christmas all but assured in the Maritimes [Video]

Thanks to an early season nor’easter followed by a period of cold weather, much of the Maritimes has a good layer of snow on the ground. Another low-pressure system will swing out of the Great Lakes and bring further snowfall to the Maritimes on Tuesday, all but ensuring a white Christmas.

Weekend snow reports

The snow piled up for a large portion of the Maritimes this past weekend thanks to the nor’easter and localized snow squalls.

The nor’easter brought 10 to 30 cm of snow across much of southern and eastern New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Snow totals climbed higher for areas that saw flurries and squalls move in off ocean waters. Reports from the North Shore for mainland Nova Scotia and the Cape Breton Highlands show as much as 40 to 50 cm of snow fell Friday night through Monday morning.

Snow squalls continue Monday afternoon for Inverness and …