Eddie Sheerr

An area of low pressure is developing east of North Carolina’s coastline and may take on some tropical characteristics over the next 24 hours or so before getting captured by a system coming in from the west and pushed into Nova Scotia early Saturday morning. This low will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Maritime Provinces on Saturday. The low will then move north and may bring some rain to the Island later Saturday or Sunday. I say “may” because forecasts for the low track after it makes landfall in Nova Scotia vary from model to model. The result is low confidence in the forecast for NL for the second half of the weekend.

An area of low spinning east of Cape Cod this evening will move northward overnight slowly and will make landfall along the Nova Scotia coastline early Saturday morning. This low will bring gusty winds, heavy rain, and high seas to the coastline of the Maritime Province Saturday into Saturday night.

An area of low pressure swirling over western Labrador/eastern Quebec this morning is bringing rain to much of the Province this morning. The rain is very heavy in some areas and is moving from west to east. As of 6:10 AM NDT, the rain hasn’t arrived on the Avalon but it’s very, very close. The Metro will see the rain hold off for a few more hours, as it will arrive later this morning.

The weather will improve across much of the Province on Tuesday, but scattered showers will still be found over the Island, and Labrador will see more persistent rain (and wet snow) in the north and west.

TONIGHT: Scattered showers over western and southern Newfoundland. Lows of 8 to 14. Mostly Cloudy in Labrador with pockets of rain showers and/or wet snow in the north. Lows near 5, except around 0 in the west.

Isolated showers over eastern and northeastern Newfoundland Partly to mostly cloudy skies on the Island with lows of 7° to 13° Isolated showers on the coast of Labrador Mainly cloudy in the east and mostly clear in the west with lows of 0° to 7°

Clear skies and light winds will coincide with cool temperatures Thursday night, bringing frost to some areas of central and eastern Newfoundland by early Friday morning.

Clear on the Island Lows of 3° to 10° Areas of frost are possible for low-lying areas of interior, central, and northeastern Newfoundland. This DOES NOT include the Avalon Peninsula. Showers end in Labrador West but continue in the east and around Goose Bay. Lows of 4° to 10°

A cold front will move across the island, ushering in cooler air for the weekend. This front will also bring some showers and rain to central and eastern areas late tonight into early Saturday. In Labrador, it will be partly cloudy to mostly clear. Temperatures will feel very much like fall.

An area of high pressure has set up shop south of the Province. As we start the new work week, the clockwise flow around this high will send warmer air across much of the region. This means that nearly the entire Province will see unseasonably warm temperatures today. That being said, some areas will not stay dry.