Snow continues to cover parts of the province
Ryan Harding, NTV Weather Centre
If it was snowing in your community Wednesday, there’s a very good chance it’s either still snowing, or will snow again shortly on this Thursday.
In a winter season that has been relentless with low-pressure systems and storms coming from the west and south of us, this is the first system we’ve seen enter the province from the northeast, resulting in the consistent snow for coastal Labrador and the northern portion of the island.
It’s been snowing in the above covered regions since early Wednesday morning and looks to add some higher-end totals Thursday, into Friday, with a weekend break before another anticipated storm on Monday.
Once again, on Thursday, the west winds across Central Newfoundland, and further south, will not just keep the temperatures cool but also allow the system to the north to stall. This is resulting in the extended time under snowfall and the rising accumulation totals.
You can see in the two images above, there isn’t much of a change in placement for the system between Thursday morning and late afternoon. There does appear to be a brief window of relief for St. Anthony Thursday evening, before kicking off again near midnight and rolling into your Friday.
During that time, the snow looks to pickup once again along the west coast as well, offering a powder top up. Below you’ll find the anticipated range of totals by graph and by numbers combining Wednesday evening, the overnight and all day Thursday. Labrador’s south coast is experiencing the same snow as Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula, while limited totals slowly fall across the rest of the Big Land, mostly finishing by noon.
Meanwhile, for the rest of the island, it’s the aforementioned west winds that lead the weather story. Keeping the snow away, yes, but also keeping the wind chills cool. In fact, thanks to the less bitter northeast wind in Labrador, St. John’s is going to feel colder than Labrador City start to finish. The strongest winds will be found on the Avalon in the morning, reducing by 20 km/h or so by supper time.
The three-day forecast, pretty well province-wide, is all about consistency. There does appear to be a widespread break from the snow over the weekend, before Monday’s potential system.
See you tonight!