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ALLISTER AALDERS: Atmospheric blocking pattern influences weather into first week of May

It wouldn’t be spring in Atlantic Canada without some upper-level blocking in our jet stream. The upper-level ridge is centred near Hudson Bay and extends east to the south of Greenland. This blocking is driving a northerly flow into the region but ...

Updated 10 minutes ago |4 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Springtime walk in St. John's, N.L.

Updated 18 hours ago |1 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: As El Niño fades, La Niña is planning a summer revival

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Sea surface temperature anomalies in the equatorial Pacific show colder than normal temperatures are starting the return. This will mark the transition to neutral conditions with La Niña expected to return this summer to fall. -Contributed/Climate Reanalyzer (https://ClimateReanalyzer.org)

WEATHER PHOTO: Waxing gibbous moon in East Chezzetcook, N.S.

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |1 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Bright weekend; blocking pattern to turn weather unsettled next week

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Sunset over Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |1 min read

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ALLISTER AALDERS: Atmospheric blocking pattern influences weather into first week of May

It wouldn’t be spring in Atlantic Canada without some upper-level blocking in our jet stream. The upper-level ridge is centred near Hudson Bay and extends east to the south of Greenland. This blocking is driving a northerly flow into the region but ...

Updated 10 minutes ago |4 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: As El Niño fades, La Niña is planning a summer revival

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Bright weekend; blocking pattern to turn weather unsettled next week

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Canadian global model projection of 500 mb Geopotential Height & Anomaly Sunday night into Monday. Upper-level ridging is expected from central Canada to southern Greenland, but there will still be unsettled weather for some at the surface. -Contributed/TropicalTidbits.com

ALLISTER AALDERS: Easing into spring gardening while awaiting last frost

Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |3 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Sunshine to bookend mid-week disturbances

Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |4 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Between mid-April showers, snow there’s brighter, warmer weather

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |4 min read

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WEATHER PHOTO: Springtime walk in St. John's, N.L.

While we do our best to stay active during the winter season, more and more people are now spending time outside as the weather continues to get better. David Powell said it was a beautiful morning for a walk last week in St. John’s, N.L., on the old ...

Updated 18 hours ago |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Waxing gibbous moon in East Chezzetcook, N.S.

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Sunset over Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Along the shores of Whycocomagh, N.S.

Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Paddleboarding under the Confederation Bridge near Borden-Carleton, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: A Bell Island sunset from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L.

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |1 min read

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This dark line across the clouds in Falmouth, N.S., appears to be a contrail shadow. -Contributed/Joan Alyward Mansfield

ASK ALLISTER: What caused this line through the clouds?

I often tell people to look up, because you never know what you might see. Sometimes, when we do that, we also see cool phenomena. Joan Alyward Mansfield and her daughter Colleen were in Falmouth, N.S., and caught this dark line through the clouds ...

Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |3 min read

BEHIND THE WEATHER: Why are some clouds bright and others dark?

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |3 min read

Dark clouds over the Cape Breton Highlands from Cape Smokey last summer. -Allister Aalders/SaltWire

ASK ALLISTER: Where did ‘April showers bring May flowers’ originate?

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |3 min read

Pedestrians walk past flowers planted near the main entrance to the Halifax Public Gardens on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

ASK ALLISTER: What causes wind?

Updated Apr. 2, 2024 |3 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Weather’s connection to maple syrup production

Updated Mar. 19, 2024 |3 min read

ASK ALLISTER: The total solar eclipse is one month away, but will clouds ruin the show?

Updated Mar. 8, 2024 |5 min read

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ALLISTER AALDERS: Atmospheric blocking pattern influences weather into first week of May

WEATHER PHOTO: Springtime walk in St. John's, N.L.

ALLISTER AALDERS: As El Niño fades, La Niña is planning a summer revival

WEATHER PHOTO: Waxing gibbous moon in East Chezzetcook, N.S.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Bright weekend; blocking pattern to turn weather unsettled next week

WEATHER PHOTO: Sunset over Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Featured Weather Columns

ALLISTER AALDERS: Atmospheric blocking pattern influences weather into first week of May

ALLISTER AALDERS: As El Niño fades, La Niña is planning a summer revival

ALLISTER AALDERS: Bright weekend; blocking pattern to turn weather unsettled next week

ALLISTER AALDERS: Easing into spring gardening while awaiting last frost

ALLISTER AALDERS: Sunshine to bookend mid-week disturbances

ALLISTER AALDERS: Between mid-April showers, snow there’s brighter, warmer weather

Featured Weather Snapshots

WEATHER PHOTO: Springtime walk in St. John's, N.L.

WEATHER PHOTO: Waxing gibbous moon in East Chezzetcook, N.S.

WEATHER PHOTO: Sunset over Charlottetown, P.E.I.

WEATHER PHOTO: Along the shores of Whycocomagh, N.S.

WEATHER PHOTO: Paddleboarding under the Confederation Bridge near Borden-Carleton, P.E.I.

WEATHER PHOTO: A Bell Island sunset from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L.

Featured Ask Allister

ASK ALLISTER: What caused this line through the clouds?

BEHIND THE WEATHER: Why are some clouds bright and others dark?

ASK ALLISTER: Where did ‘April showers bring May flowers’ originate?

ASK ALLISTER: What causes wind?

ALLISTER AALDERS: Weather’s connection to maple syrup production

ASK ALLISTER: The total solar eclipse is one month away, but will clouds ruin the show?

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