{"id":385259,"date":"2026-01-03T08:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385259\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T08:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:58:21","slug":"whiteout-conditions-expected-in-parts-of-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385259\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiteout conditions expected in parts of Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Scotia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re out on the road in Nova Scotia on Friday afternoon, be careful.<\/p>\n<p>Snow squall watch in effect for 4 counties<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Jan 02, 2026 12:38 PM EST | Last Updated: January 2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767430701_976_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Environment Canada says snow squall warnings are issued when bands of snow form that produce intense accumulating snow or near zero visibility. (Laura Meader\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re out on the road in Nova Scotia on Friday afternoon, be careful.<\/p>\n<p>An Environment Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=45.363,-63.276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">snow squall watch is in effect<\/a> for Annapolis, Kings, Hants and Colchester counties.<\/p>\n<p>Snowfall amounts may be between five and 10 centimetres, and winds could gust up to 70 kilometres an hour.  <\/p>\n<p>This could produce whiteout conditions and reduce visibility on the roads to near zero at times. <\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada said it issues snow squall watches when it anticipates &#8220;localized, intense snowfall causing rapid accumulation and\/or reduced visibility is possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOP STORIES<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia If you\u2019re out on the road in Nova Scotia on Friday afternoon, be careful. Snow squall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-385259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}