Wet and windy Thanksgiving for the Maritimes [Video]

It’s not the most auspicious Thanksgiving weather for the Maritimes as a series of low pressure systems and weather fronts move through the region bringing inclement weather.

High winds on Saturday

A weather front crossing the region Saturday will increase the pressure gradient between the Maritimes and create high pressure over the southeastern U.S. It is that pressure gradient that will drive a high and gusty northwest wind on Saturday.

Expect widespread sustained winds of 20 to 40 km/h with gusts of 50 to 70 km/h. The western half of Nova Scotia will be even windier with peak gusts reaching 60 to 80 km/h. A special weather statement is issued for those parts of the province as the gusts are just shy of the warning criteria of 90 km/h.

The windy weather will be accompanied by showers that will be most widespread across northern/eastern New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and northern/eastern Nova Scotia, with a chance of showers elsewhere in …