The Guardian

Did you see it last night?    The full moon, the September full moon, the Harvest Moon, right?   Not this year.  Each month, the full moon is assigned a “traditional” name which can ...

I wrote Tuesday’s weather column minutes before my deadline, after receiving some pretty cool video of a waterspout dancing on the water just off the coast of Stephenville NL.  Steve Angel was kind enough to share the ...

I have the very best followers! Late Monday, just after putting the finishing touches on my afternoon weather video, I got a Facebook message from Steve Angel. I don't know Steve, but he follows my weather and was kind enough to think of me when ...

The rain that fell over many parts of our region earlier this week was very welcome. It’s been an unusually dry summer across a very large portion of Atlantic Canada; dry and hot! On my drive into work Monday morning, while I was enjoying ...

Clouds have been captivating our imaginations for as long as we’ve walked on this planet. The clouds in these lovely photos taken last Thursday evening are cirrus clouds. Cirrus clouds form very high in the atmosphere; they typically live ...

It’s been quite a summer. Many are wishing it gone, while others are basking in the heat. Last weekend a neighbour asked me if we were in a heatwave right now. Well, that’s open to interpretation; there is no longer an ...

Did you know that Newfoundland is widely considered one of the foggiest places on Earth? On average, you can expect more than 200 foggy days every year. But you don’t have to live in Newfoundland to know all about fog; it’s ...

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re getting ready to leave the house, you look outside and it’s not doing much of anything. You open the door and the sky opens up too. You have to go… so what do you do, walk or run? If you run, ...

While admiring a long-lasting double rainbow, Helgo Guderely couldn’t help but notice how the colours seemed to start repeating at the inner edge of the primary bow. She wondered what was going on. These bands of colour are called ...

Ah, Summer. We officially greeted the new season a little more than three weeks ago. Each year, following what always seems like a long winter, summer holds the promise of warm evenings and lingering light into the late hours. Wouldn’t it be ...