Is it déjà vu?

Environment Canada is calling for another messy Friday in HRM, which, no doubt, will mean another sloppy and chaotic drive home from work.

Tracey Talbot, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said late Thursday that snow is forecast to begin in the mid- to late-morning and will change over to ice pellets and possible freezing rain by late afternoon.

“We’re looking at probably some hazardous driving conditions for the drive home,” she said, adding that Halifax is expecting five to 10 centimetres of snow and ice pellets.

Talbot said everything should change over to rain by the evening, with as much as 30 millimetres expected.

The storm will again put HRM’s snow-clearing team to the test.

Social media was buzzing with a hue and cry after last week’s less-than-prompt cleanup. Even Mayor Peter Kelly, in an interview with Metro, agreed the service was poor.

Talbot said a low-pressure system that was over the Ohio Valley area on Thursday is tracking up toward New Brunswick and bringing the winter weather along with it.