Hey Folks,

The Weekend is looking wet for everyone. From Nain to Cape Race and Labrador City to St. John's both days are looking cloudy and showery. For the most part 10-20 mm is forecast to fall before Monday morning... perhaps a little more in Eastern Labrador. Neither day looks like a soaker... however showery or periods light rain will be kicking around.

That's of course bad news if you we're planning on a weekend outside or at the cabin. However, we actually need the rain... and the numbers prove it. I've been doing some digging and found that April and May have been pretty dry for everyone.

APRIL
St. John's- Normal 122 mm / Acutal Precip 66 mm. (just over half)
Gander- Normal 95 mm / Actual Precip 82 mm
Deer Lake- Normal 69 mm / Actual Precip 48 mm
Goose Bay- Normal 65 mm / Actual Precip 102 mm. (Above Avg)
Lab City- Normal 56 mm / Actual Precip 62 mm

So April as a whole was pretty dry for Newfoundland, especially in the East. While Labrador was pretty close to Normal in the West and well above average in the East.

MAY
St. John's- Normal 101 mm / Actual Precip 76 mm
Gander- Normal 86 mm / Actual Precip 80 mm
Deer Lake- Normal 73 mm / Actual Precip 75 mm
Goose Bay- Normal 66 mm / Actual Precip 30 mm (less than half)
Lab City- Normal 56 mm / Actual Precip 29 mm (well below avg)

So again May has been pretty dry in Eastern Newfoundland, however Central and West aren't too far off the mark. Labrador has been very dry in May.

So, if you add everything up, only Happy Valley-Goose Bay is about average over the past 2 months. Western Labrador, Western Newfoundland and Central Newfoundland are all sitting about 20 mm short of normal right now. So this weekend's rain should actually help green things up a bit especially on the Avalon where the past two months have seen just 64% of the average rainfall.

Ryan