Yesterday was the warmest day experienced in the capital city in ten months.
St. John’s International Airport recorded a peak temperature of 23.9 degrees Celsius, the warmest since September 3rd, when we saw a temperature of 24 degrees.
Sunday’s warm temperatures came with a noticeable haze – caused by smoke generated by wildfires in Manitoba and Ontario.
PAL Airlines and Aerospace Meteorologist Brian Walsh says high level smoke in the atmosphere from wildfires well to the province’s west were behind the haze noticed in the metro region yesterday.
Walsh says temperatures will remain around the 20 degree mark for today and tomorrow, before dropping again on Wednesday.
In case you are wondering why there is a haze to the mainly sunny skies today, there is some high level smoke in the atmosphere from wildfires well to our west #nlwx pic.twitter.com/vuI2kQPk3u
— Brian Walsh (@BrianWalshWX) July 7, 2019