Eddie’s weather blog – Friday, December 27, 2024
Post 3 – Weekend Outlook
Generally quiet weather can be expected across the province this weekend. There is no major weather in play and temperatures will be above normal for most areas. The Avalon Peninsula and northeast coast will see areas of drizzle and freezing drizzle overnight and Saturday. Sunday looks more dry in those areas, and more sunny across the board. The exception will be along the coast of Labrador, where light snow will be found throughout the weekend. Amounts south of the Torngats will be less than 15 cm.
Post 2 – 2:29 PM NST – 1:59 PM AST
The tale of two different air masses across the Island this afternoon. Luckily it’s not overly windy for areas in the west, where temperatures are sitting a few ticks below freezing.
Satellite imagery also shows the area of low pressure that brought all the rain to the Avalon Thursday into early today spinning slowly away from the Province.
Post 1 – 6:49 AM NST – 6:19 AM AST
We are waking up to areas of rain, drizzle, and fog over much of eastern Newfoundland this morning thanks, in part, to a large area of low pressure spinning south of the Island. The position of the low places much of the Island in easterly or northerly flow which ends up pushing the precipitation from east to west with a bit of a southward movement as it nears Central. This animated gif of an early morning radar loop shows this nicely.
Temperatures over much of the Avalon Peninsula appear to be above freezing by one or two degrees. However, areas to the west are nearer or below the freezing mark. I wouldn’t be shocked to hear some reports of light freezing rain on parts of the Burin Peninsula, some interior areas west of the Avalon, this morning.
The warm and cold air boundary is seen on the temperature maps and will not make it much farther west throughout the day. Once west of that dividing line, the weather should be pretty nice today across the western half of the Island. The rain will become less widespread over eastern areas through the day as well.
Expect quiet weather and a mix of sun and cloud over the Big Land, with temperatures between -5º and -10º for afternoon maximums.
