Hey folks,

I'm running a little short on time today... however I did want to give you a quick rundown on the weekend in store across the Province. Indeed it's looking at little unsettled at this point.

SATURDAY
Our system which is moving into Newfoundland on Friday will be slow to exit Friday night... and it's bringing a friend (another system) which is weak... but will linger into Saturday. Between the two systems Saturday will be a pretty cloudy, gloomy day across most of the Province with light rain showers in Newfoundland and some wet snow mixing with some rain showers in Labrador. I think the sun cloud make an appearence on Saturday in Newfoundland... however the clouds will likley dominate. Temperatures in Central and Eastern Newfoundland will be between 10-12 degrees... and Western Labrador and most of Labrador will hover around 4 or 5 degrees as winds funnel in from the Northeast.

MOTHER'S DAY
Sunday looks a bit better in terms of the sky cover. I think everyone should get a taste of sunshine. However there's still a chance of showers in Newfoundland and in Labrador. Temperatures will take a hit in Central and Eastern Newfoundland with a Northwesterly flow.
Now, I'm watching a system which will track in from the Southwest on Sunday night and into Monday... however the timing of this thing is still at little up in the air.

-The latest run of the GEM Canadian model is bringing showers into Southwestern Newfoundland and Wet Snow into Western Labrador on LATE Sunday afternoon. The GEM tracks the Low right through Newfoundland on Monday.
-However, the American GFS model is much later with the Low and not showing any precip until overnight Sunday. The American model is also weaker with the system and takes it Southeast of Newfoundland.

It's interesting, because these two models have had very different ideas about this system all week... but they've both been consistent in their solutions. So I'm watching these closely every run to see which will break it's thinking first. The deciding factor on our Sunday will actually be a High which is developing in the Northwest Territories right now. How strong it is and tracks it comes in on from the West... will have everything do with how strong the Low is and when it comes in on Sunday/Monday.

NEXT WEEK
Either way, that same High will indeed move into our region by Tuesday and should bring us a fair amount of Sunshine next week. Although the American and Canadian models are having a good battle over that as well.

I'll keep you up to date and I'll have a more detailed look at the Weekend, tomorrow here on the blog.

Ryan