Stays dry for many through Wednesday, CB Showers Monday. shorts weather continues!
/Issued: November. 7th, 2020 @ 11 PM
Updated: November. 7th, 2020 @ 3:19 AM
Forecaster: James Follette
As forecast, It was a very warm and fairly sunny day across the province with many towns reaching above 20 degrees and breaking records!
The following towns have hit 20 degrees as of latest update at 2 AM, Sunday November 8th, 2020.
~ Western Head……….. 22.0
~ Shelburne……………….20.5 ( 21)
~ Shearwater……………..20.1
It was also very warm in many parts that have not hit 20, but was close to it!
~ Kejimkujik……………….. 19C
~ Halifax Airport………… 18C
~ Debert…………………….. 18C
~ Kentville……………………18C
~ Greenwood………………18C
Along with the heat came some breaking records once again!
~ Halifax Shearwater area broke a record gone back all the way to the olden day of 1913 where it was a very nice 19.4 degrees, today’s high of 20.1 breaks that record.
~ Kejimkujik National Park area also broke a record that has gone back since 1988 just breaking it by only .3 degrees! the old record in ‘88 was 18.5, today’s high was 18.8.
~ Shelburne smashes a record! from 2011 at 14.3 degrees with a balmy high today of 20.5 degrees
~ Halifax Airport breaks a record going back only to 2015, just 5 years ago where the record was set at 16 degrees, today’s high of 18.1 degrees smashes that record.
Temperatures across the province continue to hang on to the late spring and early summer warmth even though we know the calendar says November.
Highs for this time of year typically are around the 6 to 9 degrees range, with lows in the 0-3 degrees range. But so far lately temperatures have been running a good 10-15 degrees above normal with average lows being the day time highs and much higher.
There is very little relief in sight for these warm temperatures to pack up and leave, Tomorrow ( Sunday) will be much cooler for much of the province with the exception of Southern shores and the Tri-Counties where once again they will stay near 15 degrees.
The heat will increase on Monday but will peak on Tuesday & Wednesday with highs in many areas soaring into the low and mid 20’s, Along with the heat will be a touch of humidity which will help in increasing the dewpoints and raising the Humidex values soaring to near 30-degree levels.
The cause of the soaring heat and humidity is thanks to a very large ridge of high pressure that will be bringing in warm southerly tropical winds.
The heat looks to slowly cool down as enter the mid to late week, however highs still will be far above average with highs in the 10’s.
Monday Showers for the Island!
A small weak trough will be coming through on Monday morning and early afternoon to bring some spotty showers and sprinkles. Not a wash out! Don’t need to cancel plans, it’s just some sprinkles.
Because of the large ridge of high pressure, the clouds and sprinkles will stay well above much of the province and only effect Cape Breton.
The Sprinkles are expected to end by early afternoon.
very little rain accumulation is expected.
Looking at the FutureCAST with one of the short term forecasts, here’s the RGEM model showing a very dry pattern for us here in the province with the exception of the island Cape Breton, where some sprinkles can be expected for the first half of Monday. Otherwise, plan on a very dry week! along with continued warmth!
