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Global Canadian model of precipitation types, rates, and Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) Saturday evening. High-pressure will help deliver fair weather to most of the region this weekend. -Contributed/TropicalTidbits.com

ALLISTER AALDERS: Brighter, warmer weekend before shower chances return next week

It’s been all about location with our weather this week. Some of us have enjoyed a fair amount of sunshine with spring-like temperatures, while others have dealt with days of cool, damp, and dreary weather. There is good news in the forecast for the ...

Updated 12 hours ago |4 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Reflections at sunset in Granville, P.E.I.

Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read

-Contributed/Val Faye Shaffer

Stuck with clouds, drizzle, fog each spring in Atlantic Canada? Here’s why

Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

Wet wharf
Lobster pots sit on the wharf in the fog-shrouded town of Petty Harbour Monday April 29. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

WEATHER PHOTO: Sunset for two in Peggys Cove, N.S.

Updated May. 1, 2024 |2 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: There are many holes in this phenomenon

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |3 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Salix discolor blooming in Florence, N.S.

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |1 min read

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Global Canadian model of precipitation types, rates, and Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) Saturday evening. High-pressure will help deliver fair weather to most of the region this weekend. -Contributed/TropicalTidbits.com

ALLISTER AALDERS: Brighter, warmer weekend before shower chances return next week

It’s been all about location with our weather this week. Some of us have enjoyed a fair amount of sunshine with spring-like temperatures, while others have dealt with days of cool, damp, and dreary weather. There is good news in the forecast for the ...

Updated 12 hours ago |4 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: There are many holes in this phenomenon

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |3 min read

Lloyd Gill said dozens of holes appeared on his lawn this spring and is left wondering what caused them. -Contributed/Lloyd Gill

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

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read

Wet wait
A Metrobus patron stands in a rain-covered bus shelter on Elizabeth Avenue Thursday as vehicles pass by in the miserable weather. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

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

ALLISTER AALDERS: Easing into spring gardening while awaiting last frost

Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |3 min read

Featured Weather Snapshots

-Contributed/Val Faye Shaffer

WEATHER PHOTO: Reflections at sunset in Granville, P.E.I.

Still winds can make the water like glass, and in turn, we’re treated to spectacular scenes like this one. Val Faye Shaffer caught this beautiful sunset in Granville, P.E.I., near the end of April. Val added she doesn’t think anyone could tire of ...

Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Sunset for two in Peggys Cove, N.S.

Updated May. 1, 2024 |2 min read

-Contributed/Simon B Pont (https://www.naturallightphotography.net)
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WEATHER PHOTO: Salix discolor blooming in Florence, N.S.

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |1 min read

-Contributed/Judith Brennan

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

Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |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

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Wet wharf
Lobster pots sit on the wharf in the fog-shrouded town of Petty Harbour Monday April 29. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

Stuck with clouds, drizzle, fog each spring in Atlantic Canada? Here’s why

Each spring season it seems without fail there is a period of dull, dreary weather in Atlantic Canada. I’m not talking about those April showers, but days of clouds, rain showers – sometimes flurries, and drizzle. It’s often coined RDF – rain, ...

Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

ASK ALLISTER: What caused this line through the clouds?

Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |3 min read

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

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

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

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