The Guardian

It was not warm yesterday, but it’s even colder today.  The dome of arctic air that’s been parked west of the region is snuggling in a little -  that means the cold is about to bottom out!      As accurate as ...

Many of us are familiar with the term snow squall. ...

I love curious minds!  On Sunday, Loretta Googoo from Wagmatcook, Cape Breton, N.S., posted this on my Facebook page:   "Hello Cindy.  I have a question.  Maybe you can answer this.  We at the Cape noticed the ...

I was thrilled to receive this yellowed Herald clipping from Janet. She found this little treasure in the bottom of an old trunk. A century-old Herald clipping sheds light on Cold Friday! Just before Christmas I received a lovely note from Janet. ...

Last week after the warm air was pushed out by a cold front, flurries started to fall in the colder air: that’s when Sherry Beaman spotted this lovely rainbow.  She was surprised to see it because it was snowing at the time.  ...

Have you seen the movie Groundhog Day?  It’s a 1993 comedy in which Bill Murray plays the role of a weatherman who finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.  I can relate – on a few ...

It’s not easy to write this without saying, “When I was young…”  Years ago, winter was winter.  It got cold and, for the most part, stayed cold until spring arrived. Since the 1990s, the weather patterns have ...

Conversation is essential and asking questions is the best way to get things started. I recently received a lovely email from a reader who shared an intriguing photo and wondered about it. John is an oceanographer – who apparently looks up, ...

Winter storms come in all shapes and sizes and, as we’ve just witnessed, with many types of precipitation. The colder side of the weekend Nor’easter dumped as much as 60 cm of snow over New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula, while ...

Certain weather conditions can be a little bit like baking a cake: you need all the right ingredients for things to turn out! Earlier this week, a cloudless sky, a windless night and relatively high humidity came together to produce a work of art ...