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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:37 pmYay.... 
SNOWFALL WARNING: Saint John and CountyIssued at 10:34 AM AST WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY 2009
THIS IS A WARNING THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE MARITIMES DURING THE DAY TODAY AND PASS THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK OVERNIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO NEW BRUNSWICK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PROVINCE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BY LATE EVENING IT WILL BE FALLING OVER ALL OF NEW BRUNSWICK. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS CAUSING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. RISING TEMPERATURES OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PROVINCE WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE THROUGH FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. HOWEVER CENTRAL DISTRICTS CAN EXPECT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END OVER MOST AREAS THURSDAY MORNING...THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE NORTHEAST WHERE THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE MORNING. HOWEVER BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END IN THE NORTHEAST. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW OVER CENTRAL NEW BRUNSWICK WHERE 20 TO 30 CM ARE EXPECTED..HOWEVER ALL REGIONS WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST 15 CM WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTH WERE A SIGNIFICANT FRACTION OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN AND OVER THE FAR NORTH WHICH WILL BE FURTHEST FROM THE TRACK OF THE LOW.