Cool Air Sticks Around As Labrador Sees More Snow And Newfoundland Waits For Sustained Spring Warmth

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]What a beautiful November morning it was this morning, May 21st, 2026 in Labrador West. That image was taken by Sheldon Tuck. Sheldon, thank you very much for sharing that with me and showing it did indeed snow in Western Labrador. Now, since this morning, the snow looks like it has melted as of 2:48 Atlantic time.

[00:00:22]There is the view at the NL511 wobbush highway camera on the coast. a bit of a different story. It snowed significantly overnight in Natashish.

[00:00:33]And there's the view from the airport as of just before 3 p.m. Atlantic time, and it's looking a lot more like winter, although a massive improvement from earlier this morning. In Cartrite, we had the snow flying earlier. Right now, it looks like maybe some light snow, but certainly some drizzle. Meanwhile, on the island, we had the clouds this morning, especially in the east. But a lot of us have seen the clouds clear on off like we saw today at the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club. And that will be the case as we go into this evening.

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[00:01:30]The satellite picture shows us that really well. Notice the clear breaks of sky over southern and eastern Newfoundland. That's the sunshine. But also notice the moisture influx continues for coastal areas of Labrador around our area of low pressure. And that low is not moving out quickly. And in fact, north of it, we're looking at this trough, which is an area where air converges from different directions. And that will lead to lift. And that lift is going to drive another round of snow and rain for coastal areas of Labrador beginning overnight and continuing into Friday. And eventually that snow and rain will work its way into southwestern and western Newfoundland as we go into tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, and potentially early Saturday morning. So, what are we looking at timing wise? Here we are 6 p.m. this evening. It's dry, but it looks like that snow tries to redevelop in around midnight and then becomes a little more established along the coast by tomorrow morning. Now, the trough that's bringing this is essentially separating some cooler air from some warmer air. So, this is one of those situations where it will go from snow to either a kind of snow, rain, sloppy mix, or just rain as temperatures begin to warm up. And it looks like that tries to happen by about midday tomorrow for much of the coast. And that snow then shifts to inland areas over higher terrain. As we get into the evening hours tomorrow, we've got snow and rain arriving on the northern peninsula and parts of the West Coast where it's a similar story. Lower terrain, rain, higher elevations, snow. So, I know the May 24 weekend was last weekend, but if you're heading up to the cabin to hopefully, or you're hoping rather, to have some nice, decent spring-like weather, you might not find it Saturday morning in the west because in the higher terrain, you're likely going to find a little bit of snow. But for tonight, we're looking at generally clear and breezy conditions across most of Newfoundland with lows of 0 to three in Labrador. Lows of like zero to minus4. Coldest in the west. And then for the day tomorrow between two and four or five for much of Labrador on the island. Generally increasing amounts of cloud cover in the west. It's breezy tomorrow. Highs of six to as much as 10 degrees. Looks like warmest in and around the St. Albins's area. Now, tomorrow is going to be breezy, much like today. And as we go into the overnight, the winds will slack off for a little while, but notice by tomorrow morning, we're still looking at winds gusting between 30 and 70 provincewide.

[00:04:08]Highest along the coast of Labrador. As we go throughout the day tomorrow, a lot of us are gusting 40 to 60 plus in some areas. It's tomorrow night and as we lead into Saturday where those wind speeds are really going to begin to slacken off. Now speaking of the weekend right now, Saturday looks cool and sunny or showery depending upon where you are specifically in the morning. So it does look like eastern areas including the Avalon will see a few showers early then decreasing clouds Saturday late morning into the afternoon. Sunday looks like the better day of the two. Meanwhile, in Labrador, we're looking pretty good both days with a lot of sunshine and fairly comfortable temperatures. Speaking of temperatures, let's check in on the readings across the nation, shall we?

[00:04:54]And we can see parts of western Ontario, uh, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta.

[00:04:59]That's where the warmest readings seem to be. And that's where we are seeing the warmest air with respect to averages, where we're seeing those above normal temperatures. And by and large, it's going to stay that way for the next 10 days or so. As we move further east, generally the jetream remains dipped, which means we are in some cooler air and temperatures are going to remain near or below normal on average. And what does normal look like this time of year? Well, on the island, anywhere between 10 and 14 is normal. In Labrador, between about 6 and 11 is normal. Now, I'm not saying we're not going to have any warm days, because we certainly will. but we're not going to get any sustained warmth and your 7 days show that really nicely. So yes, there are some warmer days in the forecast, some teens for central by Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, but remember 14 is the high end of normal and that's for central. So we're not looking at really sustained warmth into Labrador. It will certainly be warmer in some areas like in Goose Bay where highs on Monday may get back to 20°. However, we're still not looking at a lot of sustained warmth, and I'm still looking well into the future for summer, and I don't see it yet. Fingers crossed we get it soon, or at least a few warm days in a row. If you don't have my app yet, be sure to get it in the Apple App Store in the Google Play Store. Simply search Sheer Weather. Have a very good Thursday evening. I'll have my next update for you tomorrow morning.