FOG BLOG WEATHER LOG: A MIX OF ICE PELLETS , FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW HITS NEW BRUNSWICK:

HERE IN SAINT JOHN EARLY THIS MORNING WE GOT A ROUND OF SNOW ABOUT A COUPLE OF CENTIMETRES BEFORE TURNING TO ICE PELLETS BUT LATER IT BECAME FREEZING RAIN AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PHOTO I TOOK OF OUR TREE THIS AFTERNOON......MAKING THINGS TREACHEROUS AND THROUGHOUT NEW BRUNSWICK SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED TO EXTEND THE FAMILY DAY LONG WEEKEND EVEN LONGER........A short work week got even shorter for several people in New Brunswick.

As the province wrapped up Family Day Monday, much of it became the target of a winter storm that brought snow and freezing rain to the region through the night and into Tuesday.

By daylight, schools were closed in New Brunswick and police were discouraging road travel.

Up to 25 cm of snow were expected in the north. Snow was forecast to transition to freezing rain in the south.......n Saint John, many residents said they were unfazed by the bad weather.

“Well, it’s beautiful today,” said one woman while waiting for a taxicab near the Saint John City Market. “I mean, you have to be very careful, but, it’s beautiful. You just have to take it in stride and enjoy the minute.”

“I went through quite a few storms,” one man said. “I’ve worked in cold weather, 40-below and (minus) 30, and I’m an older man so weather, to me, doesn’t bother me. I got to be the age I am now and I’m really enjoying it.”

Municipal offices in Fredericton, Moncton and Riverview closed early Tuesday afternoon. Codiac Transpo also pulled buses off the roads.

The weather was expected to get messier in some regions with a combination of ice pellets, freezing rain and rain creating headaches for commuters and crews that help keep them safe.

Workers at Ayles Natural Landscaping Ltd. in Riverview, N.B., worked early Tuesday afternoon on preparing their fleet.

Spokesperson Kim Wilmot said the changing conditions make the work treacherous.