Morning Briefing

Tuesday Morning Update — January 13, 2026

By Eddie Sheerr·January 13, 2026 · 6:41 AM

Good Tuesday Morning!

Here are today’s weather highlights:

• The wind will be lower.

• Nearly 12,000 customers are without power this morning, likely due to high winds yesterday afternoon and last night.

• Did I say the wind will be lower?

• Flurries and areas of snow are expected on the West Coast (~5 cm).

• A mix of sun and clouds across the rest of NL behind a departing winter storm.

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The area of low pressure that brought the snow, rain and wind to a large chunk of Newfoundland and Labrador has departed. In its wake, we are looking at a significant mess from the snowfall cleanup, wind damage, and power outages (Newfoundland Power and NL Hydro). As of 5:50 AM, there are nearly 12,000 customers without power between the Avalon Peninsula and adjacent areas of eastern Newfoundland. NL Hydro is reporting outages on the South Coast, Burin Peninsula, and Baie Verte Peninsula, but doesn’t specify how many customers are currently affected.

The wind has taken the roof off the Bruce II Arena in Port aux Basques, a community in southwestern Newfoundland (for those not from NL). #NLwx pic.twitter.com/vkcRFi5rSM

— Eddie Sheerr (@EddieSheerr) January 12, 2026

The town of Channel-Port aux Basques’ Bruce II Arena has severe damage after the high winds in the community literally tore the roof of the place late Monday afternoon and evening. I’ve been to that arena, and I know it will be a tremendous loss to a wonderful community.

The winds were impressive, resulting in a full-fledged blizzard on the Northern Peninsula and in southern Labrador, and a prolonged afternoon and night for parts of southern and eastern Newfoundland. Here are some peak wind speeds, as reported by various credible sources on X.

• Sagona Island – 165

• Pass Island – 148

• Old Perlican – 143

• Bonavista – 143

• Grates Cove – 143

• Cape Pine – 142

• St. John’s – 140

• St. Pierre – 133

• Burgeo – 128

• St. Anthony – 128

• Argentia – 128

• Mary’s Harbour – 128

• PAB – 124

• Winterland – 117

• Ferolle Point – 117

• St. Lawrence – 117

• Gander – 115

• St. John’s West – 109

• Twillingate – 109

• Black Tickle – 108

• Wreckhouse – 107

• Cartwright – 94

The peak of 140 km/h in St. John’s is the highest wind speed recorded since December 15, 2025 and is now the highest wind speed since Hurricane Larry moved through on September 10, 2021.

St. John’s #YYT gust 140 km/h (9:30 pm) surpasses the 137 km/h on Dec 15, 2025 for new highest since Hurricane Larry (145 km/h, Sep 10, 2021).

Other Avalon/Bonavista peaks so far:
143 km/h (Old Perlican);
142 km/h (Bonavista);
142 km/h (Cape Pine);
142 km/h (Grates Cove).#nlwx

— Rodney Barney (@rcbstormpost) January 13, 2026

As the low-pressure area departs, the weather in its wake will be much calmer across the Province today. Expect a mix of sun and cloud for most areas. The exception will be along and near the West Coast and Gulf side of the Northern Peninsula, where on-and-off onshore flurries are expected today. Snowfall amounts will be less than 5 cm. Temperatures today will peak in the single digits above and below freezing across Newfoundland and single digits to teens below freezing in Labrador.

The next rounds of weather arrive later tomorrow morning in Labrador and the afternoon on the Island. This system coming in will be mild, and much of Newfoundland will see a very warm end to the week, with rain likely by tomorrow evening, Thursday, and perhaps a final round of rain and snow on Friday. Labrador will initially see snow, but areas in the southeast will transition to rain Thursday into Friday as warm air briefly moves in.

Updates to come throughout the day.

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