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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 a day ago |3 min read

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

Updated a day ago |1 min read

-Contributed/Marlene Noonan

ALLISTER AALDERS: Sunshine to bookend mid-week disturbances

Updated a day ago |4 min read

With its theme of “Planet vs. Plastics,” today, Monday, April 22nd., 2024, is being celebrate as Earth Day across the nation. Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22nd., to demonstrate support for environmental protection, and since being first held on this date in 1970, it now includes a wide range of events and activities coordinated globally by Earthday.org for some one billion people in almost 200 countries world-wide. The 2024 theme aims to bring attention to the serious issue of plastic pollution and how it harms nature. Here on Saturday, April 20, 2024, City of St. John’s parks service worker Chris Hoddinott enjoys the sunshine and mild spring temperatures while he was weeding out and edging this flower bed following the past winter. An 11-year-employee with the capital city, Hoddinott was preparing this and other flower beds at Bannerman Park for the upcoming summer planting season of flowers and shrubs and other green foilage.
-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

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

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |1 min read

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

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |4 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Double rainbow in Bedford, N.S.

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |1 min read

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With its theme of “Planet vs. Plastics,” today, Monday, April 22nd., 2024, is being celebrate as Earth Day across the nation. Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22nd., to demonstrate support for environmental protection, and since being first held on this date in 1970, it now includes a wide range of events and activities coordinated globally by Earthday.org for some one billion people in almost 200 countries world-wide. The 2024 theme aims to bring attention to the serious issue of plastic pollution and how it harms nature. Here on Saturday, April 20, 2024, City of St. John’s parks service worker Chris Hoddinott enjoys the sunshine and mild spring temperatures while he was weeding out and edging this flower bed following the past winter. An 11-year-employee with the capital city, Hoddinott was preparing this and other flower beds at Bannerman Park for the upcoming summer planting season of flowers and shrubs and other green foilage.
-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

ALLISTER AALDERS: Sunshine to bookend mid-week disturbances

Despite a few bumps in the road, the overall outlook for the final full week of April isn’t all that bad. A ridge of high-pressure passing south and east of the region is bringing a cool start to the day but wall-to-wall sunshine for most. The ...

Updated a day ago |4 min read

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

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |4 min read

While high-pressure settles the weather in the Maritimes, some late-season snow will fall across parts of N.L.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Fluctuating temperatures will mix April showers with flurries

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read

MARCH 19, 2006-- Spring has not Sprung--A man bikes through Snow flurries and cold temperatures on Main St. in Dartmouth Sunday. Winter held on until the last day with highs reaching 3 degrees.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Unsettled, mild weekend with brighter skies expected next week

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |4 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Mild temperatures accompany more rain, wind

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |3 min read

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-Contributed/Marlene Noonan

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

As the weather improves, we’ll start seeing more and more people get out and enjoy activities on the water. Marlene Noonan said it was perfect spring weather for paddleboarding recently under the Confederation Bridge near Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In ...

Updated a day ago |1 min read

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

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |1 min read

-Contributed/Kevin Grosz

WEATHER PHOTO: Double rainbow in Bedford, N.S.

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |1 min read

-Contributed/Heather Crocker

WEATHER PHOTO: Soon setting sail in Inverness, N.S.

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |2 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Calm reflections in Mermaid, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Stunning view of Northern Bay, N.L.

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |1 min read

Featured Ask Allister

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 a day ago |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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