The unseasonably warm weather sticks around for the bulk of our long-holiday weekend. There will be a bit of a cooling trend as we make our way toward Sunday and Monday. I broke the forecast down in tonight’s NTV Evening News Hour
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Northerly flow starts the new workweek
An area of low pressure to the east of the Avalon Peninsula dominates today’s weather pictures. This low is part of the system that brought bouts of heavy rain to the southern and eastern sections of the Island on Sunday. Which, if you were like me, made for a not-so-great ride on the highway. The map from windy.com helps visualize the situation.
The low to our east will generate lots of northerly/onshore flow across much of the Island and parts of Labrador today. This pattern generally brings cool temperatures, clouds, and showers to areas near and on north-facing shores and today will be no different. In today’s case, the showers will be most prevalent over coastal areas of central and eastern Newfoundland but will be possible as far south as the South Coast. Coastal Labrador will also see some showers to start the day, but they should become less widespread by the early afternoon. The loop from the RDPS model (below) illustrates this point rather well.
The sun will shine at times today but will become more prevalent across much of NL this afternoon as the showers ease and the skies try to clear. However, the clouds will roll back in overnight as the northerly flow continues.
Temperatures will peak in the mid-teens to about 20º across the Province to start the week. We will see a bit of a warming trend for the first couple of days, however, a large area of low pressure will swing in for Wednesday, which brings our next chance of widespread, significant rainfall.
Max temperatures for today | August 7, 2023 I’ll have an updated forecast for you later today and will see you this evening on NTV News starting at 5:30 PM NDT!
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Monday evening update: Sunshine returns Tuesday for much of the Province
Tonight’s Overview
The showers will continue across parts of eastern and central Newfoundland into the overnight while becoming much less numerous on the West and South Coasts. Skies will clear out over the southwest corner of the Island, while most other areas remain in the onshore, northerly flow which tends to bring in an abundance of low cloud. Lows of 9 to 12. The gusty winds from Notre Dame Bay to the East Coast of the Avlaon will remain up overnight, before slowly subsiding during the day on Tuesday.
Labrador will see partly cloudy skies, with lows in the 8 to 12 range. Pretty boring… I know!
Tuesday’s Overview
Generally a quiet day across the Province, with a mix of sun and cloud. Some showers will crop up over interior Labrador and drift toward Churchill Falls. That’s about it for precipitation. Highs of 16 to 22 across the region.
Wednesday will see a dry start, but showers move into Labrador West in the afternoon, along with southwestern and western Newfoundland. Highs will again be into the mid-teens to lower 20s for highs. Thursday looks like a rainy day across the board, as an area of low pressure swings in. The rain will taper for most areas by Friday morning. The rain will be significant for some locations.
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Tuesday update; clouds now, sunshine later!
Tuesday morning has started off on the cloudy, and even drizzly side, for many areas of the Province. The webcam images below from across Newfoundland and Labrador illustrate the point rather well.
Newfoundland Cameras as of 6:55 AM NDT 
Newfoundland Cameras as of 6:25 AM ADT As we move throughout the morning and into the afternoon, the general trend in the cloud cover should be a decreasing one. In fact, over the next several hours skies should turn partly cloudy to even mostly sunny across the bulk of the Province. That will happen first in western Labrador and southern Newfoundland and a bit later everywhere else. The loop of future cloud cover shows this rather well.
Temperatures this afternoon will be very similar to yesterday, where much of the Province peaks in the mid-teens to lower 20s. The warmest readings will be found in southwestern Newfoundland and interior and western parts of Labrador. While the coolest readings will be found along the coast of Labrador and near and along the north-facing shores of the Island.
Forecast for August 8, 2023 
Forecast for August 8, 2023 Beyond today, we see an area of low pressure arrive between Wednesday and Thursday. Initially, this will spread rain into Labrador West tomorrow, along with southern areas of the Island. But more of the rain moves in Wednesday night and sticks around through Thursday.
And you can bet with the increased rain chances, will come more cloud cover and not a big change in our temperatures. There are signs of a return to the warmth, but it is looking like that will take a few days. As of now it looks like later this week or by the weekend the 20s are back in play.
Have a great day and I’ll have your next update this afternoon!
-Eddie
