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Friday Morning’s Weather Briefing: More Snow On The Way — April 24, 2026

By Eddie Sheerr·April 24, 2026 · 6:27 AM

Good Friday morning!

Here are today’s weather highlights:

• Light rain and snow will continue to fall throughout coastal Labrador and Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula. Flurries will be more scattered for interior and western Labrador.

• The majority of the Island will see a quiet and dry start this morning.

• Snow develops on the Avalon this afternoon, and light rain and snow become more widespread over much of the Island, north of the South/Southwest Coast. A Yellow Level Warning for Snowfall is in effect for the Avalon Peninsula Southeast and the St. John’s Metro area.

• Snow will fall heavily at times overnight on the Avalon, with areas of light snow and rain across the rest of the island, except the South Coast. Coastal Labrador will see the same.

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Temperatures at this hour are near or below freezing across Newfoundland and Labrador, and areas of light rain and snow are being reported over much of Labrador and parts of western and northwestern Newfoundland. Even with the wintry precipitation falling, most roads across the Province are in good shape to start the day.

Across the province today, we can expect cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, with high temperatures near the freezing mark. There will be areas of light rain and snow over the GNP and throughout much of Labrador today, while the rest of NL is generally cloudy and quiet. The exception is the Avalon, where snow will arrive this afternoon as an area of low pressure slowly moves toward the eastern part of the island.

That low will bring significant snowfall to the Avalon Peninsula between this afternoon and tomorrow morning or early afternoon, before the snow mixes with or changes to rain. For the Metro area, I’d think somewhere between 20 and 30 cm of heavy, wet snow is a good bet by the time we’re all said and done, with the bulk of that falling overnight. Snowfall will not be as significant over the western Avalon and the for areas over eastern Newfoundland. The map below shows that well.

Future radar and satellite imagery show how the snow will play out today and tonight. It also shows how the low moving in will enhance the light rain and snow over central and northeastern Newfoundlands, the GNP, and coastal Labrador later tonight into Sunday. In fact, parts of central and northeastern Newfoundlands, inland over higher terrain, will see significant snowfall Saturday afternoon and night before it ends Sunday. On the Avalon, the rain and snow will continue through Saturday, before changing back to snow Saturday night and ending Sunday morning. Not much additional accumulation is expected in that time frame at this time.

Once past Sunday morning, it seems as though the weather is going to improve… perhaps significantly as we get into next week!

I’ll have my next update for you later today!

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