Parts of Nova Scotia expected to get as much as 25 centimetres of snow

Nova Scotians might be in for a messy commute Friday evening as another winter storm bears down on the province.

Multiple schools are closed and othersdismissed earlyacross Nova Scotia as another winter storm is expected to dump as much as 25 centimetres.

Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for several counties from Digby, along the Atlantic coast through Halifax to Sheet Harbour.

Between 15 and25 centimetres of snowfall is expected to fall throughout the daybeginning inwestern Nova Scotia early Friday morning and spreading to theeastern mainland by the afternoon.

The storm will bringfive centimetres of snow during the day, which may make for a slipperyevening commute.

The heaviest snowfall another 10 to 20centimetres across the province will come Friday evening and overnight, tapering off into Saturday morning.

• For all the latest cancellations check out CBC'sStorm Centre

The Halifax Regional Municipality announced that its winter parking ban will be in effect Saturday from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. This will allow crewsto clear streets and sidewalks.

Ryan Snoddon's weather forecast for Friday, Feb. 25

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Ryan Snoddon's weather forecast for Friday, Feb. 25

All schools in the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education, the Tri-County RSBand CSAP schools in Clare, Argyle and Greenwood are closed for the day.

Hants County schools in theChignecto-Central RSBwill dismiss students one-hour early, whilethe South Shore RSB dismissed students three hoursearly. Elementary CSAP schools in the Halifax area dismissed students at noon and high school students at 1:15 p.m.

NSCChas closed several of its campuses.