Heavy rain and gusty winds are moving across the island in a system that will affect Newfoundland for the next couple of days.
Meteorologist with Environment Canada, David Neil says parts of the island are already seeing strong winds.
Peak gusts along the south and west coasts have picked up with winds peaking out at 100-130 km/h in the Wreckhouse area by mid-afternoon, other areas starting to see winds in the 60-80 km/h range.
Neil says conditions will worsen across the island overnight, and the poor weather could linger. He says the storm is spinning around with a moisture flow that will persist for the remainder of the work week. Rainfall warnings are in place for most of the northeast with heavy rainfall beginning this evening. Wind warnings are in place for southern and western Newfoundland with special weather statements for many other areas.
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A true mixed bag of weather is on its way for the island over the next 24 to 48 hours.
Meteorologist Rodney Barney of the Environment Canada Gander Weather Office says special weather statements are in effect for eastern areas of the province; rainfall warnings in effect for parts of central and northeastern Newfoundland; a lot of wind warnings all the way from Cape Race, around the south coast and up the northern peninsula; and even snowfall warnings for the Gros Morne area to Green Bay-White Bay.
Barney says temperatures on the Avalon will be fairly mild over the next few days ranging from plus 2 to 4 degrees.
He says as we move into the weekend it should cool down a little bit, enough to produce some flurries, but nothing in terms of significant accumulation.
Barney explains that it’s a slow moving system with a strong easterly on-shore flow.
He says the winds will slack off a bit tomorrow, but not much change from the damp, drizzly and mild pattern over the next few days.
