It looks like it will be a less than ideal Christmas weekend as far as the weather is concerned.
Environment Canada is has issued a special weather statement for the entire Province. At this point, they say that it will mainly impact southern shorelines.
An intense trough of low pressure will move into the Maritimes on Friday evening and affect the region into Saturday.
While it is too soon to provide specific details, the potential exists for strong winds accompanied by significant amounts of rain which may impact travel. Utility outages are possible with this system.
Very large waves, storm surge and a run of spring tides have the potential to produce warning level storm surge and rough and pounding surf. The main threat will be for the high tides on Saturday.
