Instant Weather NS Rise 'n Shine Updates: January 12, 2021

Issued: January 12th, 2021 @ 5 AM

Updated: January 12th, 2021 @ 8AM

Forecaster: James Follette

Good Soup Tuesday morning y'all!

Wow, compared to yesterday morning, It is balmy out there! especially on the south coast where we are now currently at around 3 to 5 degrees.

There is still some colder air in the northern parts of the province but not so bad as yesterday!

Today will be a bit milder! We do have a lot of clouds in the forecast for today and the next several days.

Winds are light this morning and will remain light through the day today and into the middle to later part of the week! Baccaro Point currently a breezy spot with a sustained wind of 22 km/h.

Your Hour by hour, Out the door day planner & the School bus stop forecast, is next at 6 O'clock! along with the not to shabby 5-day Regional forecast and 7 days Halifax forecast!

We also do have some snow out there this morning that have started not too long ago towards the TCH 101 From Digby County all the way towards Kentville, Wolfville, and Hantsport. So if out there this morning, take some extra time and drive slow!

Elsewhere on the roads this morning the 102, 103 is looking mighty fine!

Good Tuesday Morning, local time now 6:30 AM! on this rather cloudy morning, a bit snowy start to the morning on the western portions of the coast. Much milder today also!

Traffic & weather updates on the hour til 9 AM!

Good morning, James here for Instant Weather NS Rise 'n Shine, every morning from 5am to 9am!

Taking a look at the radar first! We do have some snow in the west from East of Digby County all the way towards Annapolis and Kings county. so much of the 101 is slick if heading or coming from there between Digby and Kings. Snow should taper off in a little bit, but we do keep the chance of flurries in the forecast for those areas, along with much of Halifax and north! A little more on the forecast coming up in the next hour.

Hour by Hour forecast, looking at cloudy skies this morning, some breaks in the clouds as we head towards noon, and then as we get into the evening hours, we'll see some of that shower and flurry chance before it clears up and gets much colder later this evening.

Day planner forecast, Look at a rather cloudy day, a chance of flurries later on in the afternoon. A milder day! Because of the clouds, the cool NW wind, and the chance of flurries. going to give this a C- grade today! Better than a D or F!

Out to the bus stop! looking at a much milder morning! compared to -10's yesterday morning. However more cloud cover! Temperatures around 2 degrees on the plus side as you head to the bus stop!

Coming up in the next half hour at 7am, we'll have the latest weather conditions and Traffic updates and at 8am, the latest on your detailed weather forecast!

7 AM! Time to look at the Traffic and latest weather conditions! We’ll start with traffic first! and we do have some snowy weather out there this morning along with the western parts of the province. Main areas of slow travel and snow-covered roads will be along with Cumberland County, Colchester & Hants county this morning.

So if you’re in those regions this morning, may want to give yourselves some extra time and reduce your speed this morning as you head off to school or work.

Elsewhere the roads are bare or wet! and dry conditions.

Taking a look at the road conditions now with the Nova Scotia webcams. We’ll start with the areas seeing the snow this morning.

Taking a look at Amherst HWY 104 N right now, no traffic but it’s not a pretty drive! mostly snow covered roads, and low visibility under some falling snow.

Springhill HWY 104 N, light traffic, some very heavy snow falling and roads are snow covered, so please use extra care on the roads this morning if in Springhill and surrounding areas!

Westchester HWY 4 N now, light traffic and cloudy skies with some snow. wet and slushy road conditions so be sure to reduce your speed and take some extra time on the roads this morning.

Heading to Pugwash HWY 6 E we have snow falling, and wet and slushy roads but no traffic! If heading out this way, be sure to take extra care on the roads and give your self some extra time!

Looking at the Seal Island Bridge looking West, seeing no traffic, dry roads and dry conditions!

Looking at Seal Island Bridge looking East, no traffic, dry roads and dry conditions!

Bridgewater HWY 103 S now, little to no traffic, bare roads and dry conditions.

East Bay HWY 4 N, light traffic, bare roads, a bit slick and dry conditions.

Avonport HWY 101 E looking at little to no traffic, slick roads and dry conditions

Pubnico HWY 103 E, looking at dry roads, dry conditions and little to no traffic!

Milford HWY 102 W we are looking at little traffic, dry conditions and bare roads.

Yarmouth HWY 101 N, light traffic and bare roads and dry conditions!

And lastly, looking at Meteghan HWY 101 N, little to no traffic, dry conditions and bare roads!

We have some travel risks to mention out there this morning with that snow in the western areas. Moderate travel risk for snow, Low travel risk for ice and rain. No wind issues! Overall the Travel risk is low, just be sure if heading on the 101 from Digby to Annapolis and then the 104 towards Amherst, you will need to slow down and take some extra time and care on the roads, this is where the weather Travel risks are needed. Elsewhere it’s dry and bare! and no Travel risk!

Heading for the airport this morning! Expect no delays! and all flights are on time!

The current local time is now 8 AM, when we come back at 9 AM we will have the full detailed weather forecast! And remember! to keep refreshing this page and keep checking it for live updates!

Instant Weather NS Rise 'n Shine Updates: January 12, 2021

Issued: January 12th, 2021 @ 5 AM

Updated: January 12th, 2021 @ 8AM

Forecaster: James Follette

Good Soup Tuesday morning y'all!

Wow, compared to yesterday morning, It is balmy out there! especially on the south coast where we are now currently at around 3 to 5 degrees.

There is still some colder air in the northern parts of the province but not so bad as yesterday!

Today will be a bit milder! We do have a lot of clouds in the forecast for today and the next several days.

Winds are light this morning and will remain light through the day today and into the middle to later part of the week! Baccaro Point currently a breezy spot with a sustained wind of 22 km/h.

Your Hour by hour, Out the door day planner & the School bus stop forecast, is next at 6 O'clock! along with the not to shabby 5-day Regional forecast and 7 days Halifax forecast!

We also do have some snow out there this morning that have started not too long ago towards the TCH 101 From Digby County all the way towards Kentville, Wolfville, and Hantsport. So if out there this morning, take some extra time and drive slow!

Elsewhere on the roads this morning the 102, 103 is looking mighty fine!

Good Tuesday Morning, local time now 6:30 AM! on this rather cloudy morning, a bit snowy start to the morning on the western portions of the coast. Much milder today also!

Traffic & weather updates on the hour til 9 AM!

Good morning, James here for Instant Weather NS Rise 'n Shine, every morning from 5am to 9am!

Taking a look at the radar first! We do have some snow in the west from East of Digby County all the way towards Annapolis and Kings county. so much of the 101 is slick if heading or coming from there between Digby and Kings. Snow should taper off in a little bit, but we do keep the chance of flurries in the forecast for those areas, along with much of Halifax and north! A little more on the forecast coming up in the next hour.

Hour by Hour forecast, looking at cloudy skies this morning, some breaks in the clouds as we head towards noon, and then as we get into the evening hours, we'll see some of that shower and flurry chance before it clears up and gets much colder later this evening.

Day planner forecast, Look at a rather cloudy day, a chance of flurries later on in the afternoon. A milder day! Because of the clouds, the cool NW wind, and the chance of flurries. going to give this a C- grade today! Better than a D or F!

Out to the bus stop! looking at a much milder morning! compared to -10's yesterday morning. However more cloud cover! Temperatures around 2 degrees on the plus side as you head to the bus stop!

Coming up in the next half hour at 7am, we'll have the latest weather conditions and Traffic updates and at 8am, the latest on your detailed weather forecast!

7 AM! Time to look at the Traffic and latest weather conditions! We’ll start with traffic first! and we do have some snowy weather out there this morning along with the western parts of the province. Main areas of slow travel and snow-covered roads will be along with Cumberland County, Colchester & Hants county this morning.

So if you’re in those regions this morning, may want to give yourselves some extra time and reduce your speed this morning as you head off to school or work.

Elsewhere the roads are bare or wet! and dry conditions.

Taking a look at the road conditions now with the Nova Scotia webcams. We’ll start with the areas seeing the snow this morning.

Taking a look at Amherst HWY 104 N right now, no traffic but it’s not a pretty drive! mostly snow covered roads, and low visibility under some falling snow.

Springhill HWY 104 N, light traffic, some very heavy snow falling and roads are snow covered, so please use extra care on the roads this morning if in Springhill and surrounding areas!

Westchester HWY 4 N now, light traffic and cloudy skies with some snow. wet and slushy road conditions so be sure to reduce your speed and take some extra time on the roads this morning.

Heading to Pugwash HWY 6 E we have snow falling, and wet and slushy roads but no traffic! If heading out this way, be sure to take extra care on the roads and give your self some extra time!

Looking at the Seal Island Bridge looking West, seeing no traffic, dry roads and dry conditions!

Looking at Seal Island Bridge looking East, no traffic, dry roads and dry conditions!

Bridgewater HWY 103 S now, little to no traffic, bare roads and dry conditions.

East Bay HWY 4 N, light traffic, bare roads, a bit slick and dry conditions.

Avonport HWY 101 E looking at little to no traffic, slick roads and dry conditions

Pubnico HWY 103 E, looking at dry roads, dry conditions and little to no traffic!

Milford HWY 102 W we are looking at little traffic, dry conditions and bare roads.

Yarmouth HWY 101 N, light traffic and bare roads and dry conditions!

And lastly, looking at Meteghan HWY 101 N, little to no traffic, dry conditions and bare roads!

We have some travel risks to mention out there this morning with that snow in the western areas. Moderate travel risk for snow, Low travel risk for ice and rain. No wind issues! Overall the Travel risk is low, just be sure if heading on the 101 from Digby to Annapolis and then the 104 towards Amherst, you will need to slow down and take some extra time and care on the roads, this is where the weather Travel risks are needed. Elsewhere it’s dry and bare! and no Travel risk!

Heading for the airport this morning! Expect no delays! and all flights are on time!

The current local time is now 8 AM, when we come back at 9 AM we will have the full detailed weather forecast! And remember! to keep refreshing this page and keep checking it for live updates!

You Will Have Plenty of Snow to Make Snow Cones!!!

Issued: November 9th, 2020 @ 10:30 PM

Updated: November 9th, 2020 @ 10: 30 PM

Forecaster: James Follette

The barometer is diving, the northerly winds are blowing, and the flakes are flying as of early this evening. Snow from the Fraser Valley to Osoyoos continues to pile up this evening and the snow will continue to fall well into the morning hours of tomorrow.

As much as 20+cm of snow can fall over much of the Interior and Fraser Valley from Prince George all the way down to Kelowna. There could also be amounts of up to 20-25 cm over Whistler. For the rest of the mainland, It looks like a good 6-12cm, however local amounts of up to 16cm is not out of the question.

For the coasts, Vancouver Island and the Metro of Vancouver, it looks like just a few slushy inches or up to 4cm, however further north in higher elevations of Vancouver could see local amounts nearing 6-10cm.

Vancouver Island can see as much as 10cm locally.

The white stuff is all thanks to a frontal low pressure and a low pressure over Northern Alberta, these two lows are sending cold arctic air down to the far south.

The weather will improve by Tomorrow afternoon, with scattered flurries still being a possibility, but the main snow will be done with.

High pressure takes over the province on Wednesday, but it will be located to the North West of us which means the winds will be coming from that area where it’s cold. So while it will be a beautiful day, there will also be some very chilly temperatures.

Another low pressure off the coast will impact coastal parts of the province Wednesday night into Thursday with more rain and snow & likely some gusty winds.

But a much bigger storm will arrive on Friday, with very low pressure, a pressure center of 968mb, So if you have a Barometer at home, the 968mb is way down near the bottom in the STORMY section.

Coastal parts of the province can expect a very long stretch of unsettled weather, heavy rain, snow & 100 km/h winds are likely on Friday.

There will be more on Friday’s system over the coming days.

Arctic Blast To Freeze The Province With Cold, Snow, Rain & Wind

Updated: Saturday, October 18th, 2020 @ 5:45 AM

Valid: Friday, October 17th, 2020 @ 11 PM

Forecaster: James Follette

A large trough of low pressure that is bringing relentless bitter cold air to much of Northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario. Will continue to deepen today as it digs even further south over the coming days which will allow for more cold air to funnel in.

The first snow of the season arrived today for many parts of the province, including the Interior. Higher elevations could pick up as much as 10cm by Midnight Sunday.

Once the snow stops, there will be a series of low pressures that will spread snow and rain showers at times for a few days, then by Thursday, we’ll see a big blast of cold air with highs struggling to hit the freezing mark for many areas, including the coast of Vancouver.

A storm system will bring a messy mix bag of weather to the province on Friday with potential for heavy snow inland, mixed bag, and heavy rain on the coast, and very strong winds.

It could be near Halloween by the time that we will see things warm up back to seasonal again, which is around 13*C for this time of year.

The jet stream is what divides cold and warm air and steers the storms and systems. A large High to the south of our province and a storm system off our coast is helping in keeping us in the middle (for now) notice how by Tomorrow and through Wednesday that the jet flattens? that means much colder air and with a storm off the coast, we are looking at more snow on the way, and rain on the coast. Either way though, we will be seeing some very bitter cold air through the week and possibly to start next week as well!

One of the forecast model tools we use in forecasting and especially in winter forecasting is the 500mb Heights or also known as the 1000-500mb Thickness level. This will give us an idea of what air mass will be around, values of 522 and below indicate a polar air mass, this is where you will get the coldest temperatures and likely snow, 534-540 is known as the rain/snow line. normally 534 would be a mix of rain or snow or just snow and 540 would be a mix of rain and snow or just rain, anything above 540 is usually rain. Then there is 570 and above, that is your Tropical airmass, the hot, humid & sticky air mass from the south.

We’ll be right on that rain/snow line for a good while here in the Interior. Northern parts of the province will see the colder airmass values, and warmer along the coast. The extreme cold is currently over Alberta.

By mid-week, the jet stream flattens and the colder air with height values closer to 528 will bring a chance of snow again to the Interior and as far south as Vancouver West.

Temperatures will be dropping over the next several days, with the coldest air hitting at the end of the week. Temperatures over Northern parts of the province will see temperatures fall to as low as -25*C and highs struggling to get to -5. As for the Interior, Central, and South, temperatures will plummet into the low to mid 5’s for highs with on/off snow and rain showers and wake up to temperatures of near or slightly below the freezing mark. Lower elevations in the city centres will be warmest and likely not see any snow.

For coastal areas, temperatures over the next few days will hover neat 10 degrees than by late week, we will see temperatures drop sharply to the low 5’s.

Overall, the story is that we will see temperatures be below normal by as much as 5 to 10 degrees much of this week!

The 24-hour Temperature change from yesterday will start to fall about near 4 degrees cooler, once we get into Monday-Tuesday, we’ll see 24-hour temperature changes by as much as 20 to 30 degrees colder!

Here’s the Short term forecast, looking at the FutureCAST, we are looking at the RGEM model here and we can see snow exiting this afternoon, as High pressure lingers a little keeping the Northern parts of our province dry. Then as a large High pressure settles over North Eastern parts of the province, the North East winds will shift in colder air to much of the province with exception to the coast, we’ll see scattered showers and snow flurries tonight and again tomorrow. Rain showers on the Vancouver coast.

It’s Thursday into Friday when the big changes happen, still early on those details, but could be looking at a messy size storm, and some record frigid cold air for the Okanagan deserts, especially in northern parts of province.

How much snowfall can we expect? Through Tonight, a widespread 5 to 10cm is expected for mostly higher terrains, lower terrains will see less or just rain, some isolated areas will see only a few cms. further north will see up to 2cm, and the Southeast sections of the province can see as much as 20cm in the higher elevations!

As we fast forward the snowfall totals into Wednesday, we can see additional amounts of snow for Northern parts of the province with up to 20cm possible by end of Wednesday.

Let’s take a look now at your forecast for Tonight!

Greater Vancouver area looking at Rain once again tonight, lows still mild! around 7 degrees. Rain/snow mix for Kamloops, except rain in the city, to snow in the higher elevations, could pick up as much as 10cm! Lows down to -1 tonight, near 0 in the city.

Prince George is beautiful with a few clouds, cold! -7 degrees and +2 in Kelowna with snow snow flurries!

Here is a look now at your Vancouver 7 day forecast!

Looking at rain ending later this morning or noon hour, then rather mostly cloudy skies, some peaks of sunshine. highs only around 10 today, a chance of showers tomorrow and a tad milder! around 12 degrees, then we dry it out for Tuesday through Thursday as high pressure, a very large one! lot’s of dry air with this and the models are predicting pressure as high as 1050mb! If you have a barometer at home, the 1050mb is the borderline of entering into the Very dry section. Those Northeast winds from the high pressure will send down cooler air again with temperatures dropping to near 10, 11 on Friday with rain and rain/snow mix, except snow in Vancouver West. and wet snow or mix for Saturday and a high of ONLY 4 degrees!

For Kamloops and the Thompson river areas and Interior, we are looking at a very miserable and cold, wintry like forecast! Looking at snow ending this morning in the high elevations, rain clearing in the lower elevations. high of 4 today! Showers at times tomorrow and warmer at 8, but still below our normal of 12! Tuesday is when it goes down hill! chance of flurries and 5, Wednesday, a chance of flurries and 4, cloudy and 2 on Thursday, Snow, could be a lot! on Friday with highs near freezing, -9 on Friday morning! very cold on Saturday and a chance of flurries or snow… highs only at -4! and lows near -10.

There could be relief though by the last week of October heading into Halloween!

BC Saturday Morning Forecast: More Heat, Haze & Sunshine. Showery Sunday and A Cooling Trend!

Updated: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 4:25 AM

Valid: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 5 AM

Forecaster: James Follette

Good Early Morning! This is a updated Version of the BC Evening forecast on Friday, October 2nd, 2020.

Taking a look at the Almanac for today ( Friday) in Vancouver, We have made it to a very nice and warm 20 degrees, The average is only 15, So we were once again above normal by as much as 5 degrees. Record was not broken here in the city, which is at 23 degrees and 0 degrees for record low, we hit 9 this morning only 1 degree above the average low of 8. Sunrise was at 7:14 AM and sun set was at 6:49 PM. We had no rain today, nor we had rain so far this month. Record is 0.50” today and average monthly rainfall is near 5”.

Max highs today, very warm with many broken records smashed. Princeton the hot spot at 26 degrees, a lot of towns and cities making it above 25 degrees and a very large area of temperatures well over 20 degrees. Normal highs this time of year is now between 13 and 17 degrees C. We are at the time of year where 20’s is becoming very rare.

Taking a look at the current Satellite Cloud Tops Alert Super HD. we have that ridge keeping much of the province clear, with the ridge keeping the clouds far to the north. We do have some Haze out there from the wild fires down south in the states, This Haze will persist through the weekend.

Here is a live look at temperatures on this early Saturday morning, First weekend morning of October.

Cold spot is Chilanko Forks at only 2 degrees! It is 4 in Merritt in the Interior. Most areas though are in the 5 to 10 range over the mainland of the province and 10 to 15 on the coast and islands.

Looking at the conditions at this early morning, many areas right now seeing thick fog out there, Where we also have thick fog advisories in effect. You can take a look at those on the IW weather app, but also on Instantweather.com and on the IW BC Facebook page. We have Haze still reported in Vancouver International Airport, Light rain continuous over Sandspit in Haidi Gwaii.

Here is what you need to know to plan your day for this Saturday! Fog patches and Haze at 6am, we’ll slightly warm up to 15 by 9 AM with Haze, That Haze sticks around all through the day and night. we’ll climb to 18 at noon, and climax to 20 at 3pm, However inland areas likely get up to 23/24 degrees. Temperatures tumble to 17 by supper hour and really crash to 12 by midnight.

Here is your weather grade for today! Sunny, Hazy and Warm still! Looking at low 20’s and low 10’s for lows this morning. 8am, we’re at 13 and Haze, 18 by noon and Hazy skies and by 4pm we’re at 20 with Haze, expect a sea breeze to develop this late afternoon which will drop temperatures fast into the late afternoon and evening. where we’re at 13 by 8pm under some clear skies and haze. SW winds off the water at 5-10 km/h so, a light breeze. High humidity! so it may feel a bit sticky out there, areas in the Metro that get to 20 will feel like 26 with humidex today, and those getting up to like 23/24 such as Abbottsford and surrounding inland areas, will feel like the low 30’s with humidex today.

Because of the high humidity, A sea breeze, The Smokey and Hazy skies. I am giving it a B- grade today.

Looking at the FutureCAST taking us out over next few days, Large ridge of High pressure will continue to dominate the province, however a coastal storm will break off a few pieces and bring a slight chance of showers tomorrow for the Interior. Windy and wet weather will continue into Monday for Haidi Gwaii and Central parts of the province. Otherwise, we looking at fairly very dry and mild to warm conditions for the Interior, Vancouver and Vancouver Island over next several days.

Looking at rainfall totals going through next Friday, parts of the NW coast, Haidi Gwaii looking to get up to 2-4” of rain or 50 to 100 mm of rain by Friday evening. For Northern British Columbia, parts of the Interior and Vancouver Island. .10th of an inch to a half inch of rain is expected, or 5 to 15 mm by Friday Evening.

The Warm and dry weather has not been great for the Pollen/Allergy counts where they continue to be High to Extreme for Trees, Grass and weed, Mold counts are down though to near Moderate.

As rain and cooler air moves in during the week, pollen counts will fall to low and moderate levels.

If you’re not a fan of the above average warmth, then maybe you will love this 7-day Temperature trend as temperatures drop swiftly by Sunday, highs of 16, 17 on Monday and climbing to 18 Tuesday and 20 on Wednesday, So we do warm up again briefly, but fall back into the 17-18 range. Now even though these temperatures may be cooler, They’re still above average by a few degrees. Once we get into the 7-10 day period, that is when we could see a much cooler pattern where temperatures go below average.

Here is the weekend forecast, hit 20 yesterday under haze, similar conditions today! A tad more humid and still hazy. More clouds than sun and still Hazy tomorrow, cooler! but still above average at 17 degrees.

Taking a look at the 5-day Regional forecasts, first starting with the Desert, Okanagan, Interior and Kootenays area.

Starting with Kamloops, Hazy skies again today and looking to break record temperatures with highs once again around 24-25 range, much cooler on Sunday with a few showers, Highs near normal! at 18, Clouds and sun on Monday & Tuesday and remains cool at 17-18 degrees and drizzle and clouds on Wednesday and 21.

For Kelowna, Hazy and hot once again today with records being broken, Highs at 26. Cooler with a chance of storms on Sunday, Highs around 20. Cooler and dry next week with highs of 17-19 degrees.

For Grand Forks, Sunny and warm once again next 5 days with highs in the low 20’s, near 24 today.

Cranbrook, Looking at a sizzler today with highs near 27, Records likely to be broken. Cooler and remains sunny all week with highs Sunday into mid next week 20 to 24 degrees.

Now taking a look at the Coasts, Capes & Islands.

Victoria, Hazy skies through the weekend and continued sunshine into mid next week. Highs of 19 to 21 degrees.

Naniamo, Hazy and warm today at 24. Rain at times on Sunday and cooler with a high of 19, sun and clouds Monday, And 19 then sunny and 22 degrees Tuesday & Wednesday.

Campbell Island, Sun & Clouds today and 18. Showery weather Tomorrow into Tuesday and much cooler! Highs of 17 Tomorrow, Only 11 on Monday and 14 on Tuesday, Warmer on Wednesday with a high of 18 and some clouds.

and Lastly for Sandspit in Haidi Gwaii, Showery weather with periods of wind through the week with a break on Tuesday. Highs of 12 to 14 degrees.

And finally your Local Vancouver 7-Day forecast. Haze and 20 today, Another warm one! as well more humid so it will feel more like 26 degrees. Sun & Clouds on Sunday and 16, Sunny skies to start the week and highs of 17-20, We Increase clouds on Thursday and 17 and end the week with a slight chance of showers Friday. High of 18!