Feb 24, 2012; 8:10 PM ET
Up to 30 cm, or 12 inches, of fresh snow, whipped in many areas by strong winds, will blanket a swath of eastern Canada by Sunday.
Seeing snowfall of 15 cm or more, residents of Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City will experience travel delays by road and by air as the storm unfolds.
The storm will target the St. Lawrence Valley, together with the northern Atlantic lands, as it makes its way from southern Ontario Friday to Newfoundland
Saturday night.
In eastern Ontario to southwestern Quebec, the bulk of the snow will fall Friday afternoon into Friday night, but strong winds and drifting will last through Saturday.
Farther east, the worst of the snow will strike Friday night into Saturday in Quebec City, eastern Quebec and much of New Brunswick. However, strong winds of 50 to 80 km/h, causing much blowing and drifting, will make for difficult travel Saturday and Saturday night, as the heaviest snow shifts to northern Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador.
South of the heaviest snow, the storm will unleash a mixed bag of snow, sleet and rain in southern New Brunswick, northern Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and southern and eastern Newfoundland. Up to 15 cm of heavy, wet snow may accumulate.
Rain will dominate across southern Nova Scotia.
Farther west, a rare snowstorm for this winter will affect southern Alberta and Saskatchewan this weekend.
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