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Boats lined up in North Rustico will continue to stay docked as setting day for lobster fishing area 24 continues to be delayed due to forecasted high winds. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced on April 30 that the delay will continue until more favourable weather is forecasted, and a meeting has been scheduled between industry and members of DFO, the Canadian Coast Guard and Environment and Climate Change Canada on May. Caitlin Coombes, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ALLISTER AALDERS: Periods of unsettled weather for first full week of May

It sure was nice to see that sunshine over the weekend, especially for those communities socked in clouds and fog all last week. Unsettled weather returned to start the week thanks to a slow-moving area of low-pressure and its associated cold front.

Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Long-awaited sunrise at Cape Spear, N.L.

Updated a day ago |1 min read

-Contributed/Marina Owens

BY THE NUMBERS: April precipitation, temperature anomalies varied across Atlantic Canada

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

Spring ice
Freezing rain builds up on a bush in the Galway area of St. John's Thursday, April 18, 2024 as rain, freezing rain and snow blew across parts of the province. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

WEATHER PHOTO: Hiking in Middle Cove Park, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, N.L.

Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

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

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

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

Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

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Boats lined up in North Rustico will continue to stay docked as setting day for lobster fishing area 24 continues to be delayed due to forecasted high winds. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced on April 30 that the delay will continue until more favourable weather is forecasted, and a meeting has been scheduled between industry and members of DFO, the Canadian Coast Guard and Environment and Climate Change Canada on May. Caitlin Coombes, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ALLISTER AALDERS: Periods of unsettled weather for first full week of May

It sure was nice to see that sunshine over the weekend, especially for those communities socked in clouds and fog all last week. Unsettled weather returned to start the week thanks to a slow-moving area of low-pressure and its associated cold front.

Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

BY THE NUMBERS: April precipitation, temperature anomalies varied across Atlantic Canada

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

Spring ice
Freezing rain builds up on a bush in the Galway area of St. John's Thursday, April 18, 2024 as rain, freezing rain and snow blew across parts of the province. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

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

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

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: There are many holes in this phenomenon

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |3 min read

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

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read

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

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Featured Weather Snapshots

-Contributed/Marina Owens

WEATHER PHOTO: Long-awaited sunrise at Cape Spear, N.L.

Marina Owens was up bright and early to catch this beautiful sunrise from Cape Spear near St. John’s, N.L., Monday morning. After several days of dull, damp weather, what an amazing scene to be treated to after such a cloudy stretch. It looks like a ...

Updated a day ago |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Hiking in Middle Cove Park, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, N.L.

Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

-Contributed/Jantje VanHouwelingen

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

Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

-Contributed/Val Faye Shaffer

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

Updated May. 1, 2024 |2 min read

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

Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |1 min read

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

Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |1 min read

Featured Ask Allister

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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