April 29th Mid Day Update: Increased Fire Weather, Smoke, Some Showers And Wild Temperature Swings.4/29/2024 In our Mid day update today, we will be focusing a lot on the Fire conditions and Fire weather, For latest forecast you can go to our StormTracker Forecast page! where the 7 day forecasts for 8 regions are updated and the 24 hour forecast. Looking at the latest Satellite/Radar + Smoke Particles, We can see a lot of red dots over Northern Nova Scotia, this is showing where there are some fairly high smoke particles in the upper atmosphere. Hazy/Smoky skies can be seen over Northern Nova Scotia. We have a lot of clouds out there at the moment over much of the province, and that is because we have a very weak system located near Guysborough County, A weak low pressure with an occluded front, We also have a Cold front that stretches down from Labrador to Northern New Brunswick, this is bringing clouds and some cooler temperatures, it also brought rain showers to some part of the province this morning. There is a very large High pressure located over in Quebec, and this will bring a lot of sunshine and nice temperatures to most of Southern Nova Scotia tomorrow! however, cooler and cloudy conditions expected in the North. Currently there is a Low to Moderate fire danger risk, highest over Northern NS and Cape Breton. There is a Very high and Extreme fire risk out on the Southern Prairies right now! The province wide fire ban that was in place yesterday and earlier this morning, has been lifted to almost everyone, the only exception is Cape Breton East, where in Cape Breton County and Richmond County, a no burn ban remains in place. Everywhere else, where it's Orange, is under Restricted burning, burning is only allowed between 7PM and 8 AM. Currently, we still have 5 active wildfires burning in our province, 2 are in Yarmouth County, 1 in Kings County, 1 near the border of Hants and Colchester County, and we have 1 in Far North Eastern Halifax County. In the last 7 days, so just this week alone, there has been 17 new wildfires! Luckily, there has been no new wildfires in the last 24 hours. The wildfires in Yarmouth County have been burning for the past 2 days now, since April 27th, and have burned up to 1ha, the fire is considered under control. The Wildfire in Kings County near North Mountain, has been burning for almost 5 days now, since April 25th, the fire is small and has only burned 0.25 ha so far, the fire is considered under control. The Wildfire in Hants County near the Colchester county border, has been burning since yesterday, So far it has burned 0.90ha and is under control. The Wildfire in Halifax County halfway between Tangier and Sheet Harbour has been burning for the past 2 days, since April 27th. This fire has burned 1ha so far, and is also under control. We had some rain last night, between the hours of 3AM and 9AM this morning, a trace to 3mm has fallen over Southern and Mainland Nova Scotia. Not enough to help with the fires! Will we see anymore rainfall to help out in the fires or bring the risk of them lower? well yes and no, There will be a chance of showers today, more so likely in the Valley and Western Nova Scotia and parts of Northern Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, these will be very light, and wont accumulate to much at all. Fast forward into Tonight/ early tomorrow morning, the ocean storm looks to pass closer to us, and bring colder air down with it, looking like we could see some light snow flurries or light snow over Northern and Western Nova Scotia. By Tuesday Night into early Wednesday morning, a weak cold front will produce some showers over the province. some of these MIGHT be more steady, but overall, they will be very light, and little accumulation is expected. Upper air conditions at 500mb, We have that cut off low pressure/ trough south of Newfoundland, this is bringing North-Westerly winds which will keep things rather cloudy and cooler tomorrow, there is a nice ridge farther south of us, This will stick around with us for a good while, at least through Friday! By this weekend, we will see a change in the weather! A large Ridge will bring warmer and even slightly humid conditions for the weekend into early next week. Temperatures on Saturday will be in the low to mid 10's. With the warmer temperatures just to our West and South. On Sunday, temperatures will be even warmer in the mid and upper 15's! coolest along the coast near the water! Northern Nova Scotia could see temperatures reaching near 18 degrees! In New Brunswick, a very warm day is expected there with temperatures flirting with 20-degrees. On Monday of next week, there will be a slight cool down! temperatures into the low 10's, but look what is south of us! low and mid 20's! from Maine to New York! This will head our way for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week! Tuesday is when temperatures really start to warm up! highs on Tuesday will be in the 18 to 24 range! Warmest in the South Shore. Check out those yellows and oranges over in PA, NY and MA. Mid and Upper 25's!!! could have feel like temperatures in the low 30's. For us, we'll have a little touch of humidity to bring a feel like temperature of 26 to 30 in our area.
So if you're craving the warmth, don't worry it is coming! temperatures will soar near 20 by the weekend!
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Another cold morning out there it was this morning! Temperatures at 6AM this morning bottomed out at -8 degrees over in Collegeville, -6's in Upper Stewiacke and Malay Falls, -5 in Parrsboro and Debert in Western Nova Scotia, almost everyone in the province was below freezing. Only warmest areas was folks near the water, as the winds off the water pushed the warm water temperatures along the coast, temperatures along the coast just barely hanging on to above freezing. Fast forward to 3 hours later, as of 9AM, temperatures have rebounded big time, we have the strong April sunshine to thank for that! Remember, that April sunshine is about the same as in August! so the temperatures climb very quickly in a few hours in the morning, the sun is also strong, so High UV readings, and risk of sunburn increases. Temperatures out there right now as of 5AM, we're at 7 in Yarmouth, 7 in Western Head, 6 on Brier Island, 3-5 in Halifax County and Metro. 2-4 degrees over much of the mainland, 3 in Cape Breton County. We have a lot of sunny skies out there once again, and it's thanks to a stationary high pressure. We're sandwiched between 2 storm systems, one large system over the Great Lakes and the other off the coast of Newfoundland. and in between is a High pressure keeping the Maritimes and East coast dry. We have this Large High pressure over us, with a large high pressure gradient, pressure over 1035mb, But there is a Stormy Low pressure over in the Mid-West US States, as well as a large cold front stretching from Hudson Bay to the Northern US states and Interior of British Columbia. By later Today, High pressure holds control over us, Thundery showers and Gusty winds takes hold over the Great Lakes and much of the 4 corner states. Large High pressure over Western Canada bringing sunshine, but a cold front passing through Hudson Bay will bring cooler temperatures. By Tonight, Looking at High pressure weakening a little but still holding strong over the Atlantic, this will bring us clear skies, another cold night as well. The Great Lakes storm moves over Quebec/Ontario border south of Hudson Bay, meanwhile High pressure brings cold clear skies over the prairies, but a Low pressure develops over Western Canada to bring Unsettled weather and cooler temperatures. Looking at Tomorrow Morning, Weakening high pressure will bring continued sunshine, but clouds will be on the increase into the South, the weakening High pressure will allow the Cold front over Quebec stretching to the Mid Western States and down to Texas to bring clouds and showers as well as cooler temperatures Sunday Night into Monday, High pressure tomorrow morning over Ontario and the Prairies will bring more sunshine and comfortable temperatures, Continues to be unsettled in Western Canada with cool temperatures. Looking at Sunday Night, the high pressure that brought us the gorgeous weather now much weaker and pushed far south near Florida, the cold front now located Southern Quebec bordering New Brunswick will bring showers to the Tri-Counties and The Valley, meanwhile cooler temperatures will follow on Monday. High pressure over Hudson Bay moves South, bringing breezy but cool dry weather over Quebec & Ontario, unsettled weather continues in Western Canada. Monday Morning, Looking at a warm front over the Tri-Counties, this will bring mild and humid temperatures, but also some showers and fog. A cold front over the Bay of Fundy will bring colder temperatures Monday evening. Low pressure over the Great Lakes will bring more thundery weather and very warm and humid Temperatures, Feeling into the 30's for some parts of Southern Ontario. Low pressure that was in Western Canada moves into Alberta and Saskatchewan to bring showers and thunderstorms. High pressure moves in over BC to bring drier weather and North westerly cool winds which means cooler temperatures. Cold front over Northern BC will bring a chance of showers and chilly temperatures. Looking at sunshine today all day long in the Tri-Counties and all of the province in fact! Temperatures this morning again starting off near or below Freezing. Will warm up to near 10 by Noon, and around 9 degrees by Supper hour. North Westerly winds 5-10 this morning will pick up to 15-20 this afternoon, winds turn Northerly this evening at 10-15 km/h. Highs in the Tri-Counties today will be around 12 degrees. Looking at the Day Planner, Looking at Sunshine from start to finish, temperatures cold this morning, warming up nicely by this afternoon! For Today, Wall to wall sunshine! highs of 14 in the warmest spots, coolest temperatures near the coast and in Northern Nova Scotia. If you're in Halifax, and You're going to the Wanderers Soccer game against Atletico Ottawa, Before the game, we'll see temperatures near 10 degrees, we'll see sunshine for the first kick off at 3pm, and midway through the game we'll see sunshine and temperatures near 10-11 degrees. By time the game ends, we'll see sunshine and still near 10 degrees. Great Soccer weather! Temperatures in the Halifax Metro today, starting off Freezing, we'll see it warm up to 5 degrees by 9AM, then 9 degrees by Noon, and holding near 10 or 11 this afternoon. Tonight, we'll see clear skies and cold temperatures again. near -5 in the coldest spots, milder near the water. Lighter Northerly winds. Tomorrow, We'll see increasing clouds in the South from the Valley to Yarmouth, Sunshine north. Much warmer! temperatures of 14 to 18 in the warmest spots inland. coolest near the water and over Northern Nova Scotia. Westerly and North-Westerly winds light. If you have plans in the Tri-Counties tomorrow, here is how things look to plan out weather wise! Looking at full sunshine to start, another cold morning near or below freezing. We'll quickly climb to near 10 by noon, with increasing clouds and Westerly light winds. We'll see lot's of clouds by Supper time, temperatures near 12 degrees. Highs in the Tri-Counties will reach around 15 tomorrow! Looking at the Regional 3 Day Forecast.
Starting with Halifax & Metro, Looking at sunshine Today and Tomorrow, increasing clouds on Monday. Temperatures of 12 today to 18 on Monday. For The Valley, looking at Sunshine today, Clouds on Sunday, and a chance of showers on Monday. Temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees. For Tri-Counties, Sunshine today and tomorrow, showers on Monday. Highs of 13 to 15 degrees. For South Shore, Sunshine today, Tomorrow and Monday with increasing clouds. Temperatures warming up nicely! 14 today, Balmy 19 Tomorrow! and slightly cooler day on Monday at 15 degrees. For Western, Sunshine today, increasing clouds Sunday and Monday. Highs of 12 today, up to 16 Tomorrow and 13 on Monday. For Northern, Lot's of sunshine all 3 days! Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Cool day today highs only in the upper single digits. we'll be near 10 Tomorrow and 12 on Monday. For Cape Breton West, Sunshine all 3 days! A cold day today with highs only near 5, we'll warm up a lot by tomorrow, highs near 11! and 13 on Monday. For Cape Breton East, Sunshine all 3 days, a cool wind will keep temperatures cool today and tomorrow in the single digits with highs of 7 to 9 degrees, up to 11 by Monday. |
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