Despite a few bumps in the road, the overall outlook for the final full week of April isn’t all that bad.   A ridge of high-pressure passing south and east of the region is bringing a cool start to the day but wall-to-wall sunshine for most. The ...

I recently heard someone ask if people prefer sunrise or sunset, but both produce such great scenes around our region it’s hard to choose one. For sunset fans, this shot was taken by Kevin Grosz from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L., overlooking Bell ...

While winter’s presence becomes less and less through April, it’s still lingering.    There was a chance of flurries forecast last night in eastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and a retrograding area of low pressure will bring a mixture of ...

April showers might bring May flowers, but it also increases the odds of seeing rainbows. Heather Crocker caught this double rainbow in Bedford, N.S., last evening as convective showers passed over the region. Heather said it’s been a while since she ...

Clouds come in all different types, shapes, sizes and, sometimes, colours.  Aside from the sometimes colourful clouds we see at dawn and dusk, most would classify clouds as being white or grey. Sometimes, however, clouds are much darker.    So, what ...

In no time, these boats will leave the land and be docked and travelling the waters off Cape Breton Island. Francis A. MacDonald shared this photo of the Sue Sea V, Miss Kelly 1, and Ocean Spray IV in Inverness, N.S. In addition to technology, I’m ...

The jet stream is often dubbed a highway that controls the movement of our weather, but the weather is not always travelling at highway speeds and sometimes comes to a halt.  There is a strong ridge of high-pressure southeast of Greenland and a ...

It was calm, but not quite 100 per cent clear, when Jill Crossman was out with her camera in Mermaid, P.E.I., last week. She caught the still water and reflection off Freeman’s Pond and the high-level clouds rolling across the sky. Jill told SaltWire ...

While not everyone is welcoming more rain falling once again on the weekend, I’m sure most are grateful for the milder weather.    Temperatures have elevated into the high single digits to mid-teens across the region, and parts of Nova Scotia and New ...

Natural beauty is always on display in Atlantic Canada, but it has been much more vivid in the last couple of weeks. Vineeth Nayath Gopalan shared this picturesque photo of Northern Bay Sands in Northern Bay, N.L. I know we don’t want to wish away ...