A latch, comprising: a ratchet moveable between a latched position and a released position, the ratchet being biased to the released position; a pawl moveable between a ratchet-engaged position in which the pawl engages and checks the movement of the ratchet and a ratchet-disengaged position spaced and disengaged from the ratchet, the pawl being biased to the ratchet-engaged position; an electromechanical actuator including a motor and gear assembly, a lead screw operatively coupled to the motor and gear assembly for rotation thereby and extending longitudinally between a first end coupled to the motor and gear assembly and an opposite second end adjacent the pawl, a nutscrew mounted on the lead screw and constrained from rotation so as to translate longitudinally along the lead screw between the first and second ends thereof upon rotation of the lead screw, and a projection extending from the nutscrew defining an actuator output member for moving along a travel path between a start position and an end position; and a snowload lever moveable between a pawl-disengaged position and a pawl-engaged position, wherein, in the pawl-engaged position, the snowload lever blocks the actuator output member from returning to the start position, and wherein during a first portion of movement of the actuator output member along the travel path the actuator output member maintains the snowload lever in the pawl-disengaged position, and wherein during a second portion of movement of the actuator output member along the travel path the actuator output member moves past an edge of the snowload lever to the end position, thereby allowing the snowload lever to rotate in a first direction to the pawl-engaged position. a ratchet moveable between a latched position and a released position, the ratchet being biased to the released position; a pawl moveable between a ratchet-engaged position in which the pawl engages and checks the movement of the ratchet and a ratchet-disengaged position spaced and disengaged from the ratchet, the pawl being biased to the ratchet-engaged position; an electromechanical actuator including a motor and gear assembly, a lead screw operatively coupled to the motor and gear assembly for rotation thereby and extending longitudinally between a first end coupled to the motor and gear assembly and an opposite second end adjacent the pawl, a nutscrew mounted on the lead screw and constrained from rotation so as to translate longitudinally along the lead screw between the first and second ends thereof upon rotation of the lead screw, and a projection extending from the nutscrew defining an actuator output member for moving along a travel path between a start position and an end position; and a snowload lever moveable between a pawl-disengaged position and a pawl-engaged position, wherein, in the pawl-engaged position, the snowload lever blocks the actuator output member from returning to the start position, and wherein during a first portion of movement of the actuator output member along the travel path the actuator output member maintains the snowload lever in the pawl-disengaged position, and wherein during a second portion of movement of the actuator output member along the travel path the actuator output member moves past an edge of the snowload lever to the end position, thereby allowing the snowload lever to rotate in a first direction to the pawl-engaged position.