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AWCN16 CWHX 141511
WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR NEWFOUNDLAND
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 12:41 P.M. NDT SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2026.
DISCUSSION.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EMERGED FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON
WEDNESDAY AND TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD, EVENTUALLY CROSSING
NEWFOUNDLAND ON FRIDAY. THE SYSTEM RAPIDLY DEEPENED INTO AN INTENSE
STORM AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE ISLAND FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE SYSTEM BROUGHT A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE
ISLAND, INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTH AND HEAVY SNOW IN THE
NORTH. IN OTHER AREAS, PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONED FROM SNOW THROUGH
ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW.
STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS PRECEDED THE STORM, PARTICULARLY
IN THE WRECKHOUSE AREA, FOLLOWED BY WIDESPREAD STRONG WEST TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF WEATHER EVENT INFORMATION RECEIVED BY
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA AS OF 11:30 A.M. NDT.
1. TOTAL RAINFALL IN MILLIMETRES (INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN, WHERE
APPLICABLE):
BURGEO (AUTO): 91.3
RAMEA: 76.2 *
ST. ALBAN'S (AUTO): 51.6
KIPPENS: 34.8 *
PORT AUX BASQUES (AUTO): 34.0
GANDER (WEST): 22.4 *
LETHBRIDGE: 22.0
NOTE: VALUES FROM AUTOMATIC STATIONS (AUTO) WERE DERIVED USING A
COMBINATION OF DATA FROM WEIGHING GAUGE AND SNOW DEPTH SENSORS.
2. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN CENTIMETRES:
KIPPENS: 41.1 *
ROCKY HARBOUR (AUTO): 41.0
CORNER BROOK: 38.0 (AS OF 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY)
LA SCIE (AUTO): 38.0
ENGLEE (AUTO): 37.0
DEER LAKE AIRPORT: 21.4
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR: 20.8 *
GANDER (WEST): 16.3 *
LETHBRIDGE: 14.0
3. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS IN KILOMETRES PER HOUR:
WRECKHOUSE: 134
SAGONA ISLAND: 128
ARGENTIA: 118
BONAVISTA: 118
ENGLEE: 114
ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 111
GRATES COVE: 110
TWILLINGATE: 110
PASS ISLAND: 107 *
TRINITY (FORT POINT): 107 *
CAPE PINE: 105 *
WINTERLAND: 103
RAMEA: 100 *
4. THE FOLLOWING AREA SET A DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD ON
MARCH 13, 2026 (TEMPERATURE VALUES GIVEN IN DEGREES CELSIUS):
WINTERLAND AREA (WINTERLAND BRANCH HILL)
NEW RECORD OF 11.7
OLD RECORD OF 11.6 SET IN 2022
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1970
NOTE: THE TEMPERATURE RECORD REPORTED HERE HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM A
SELECTION OF HISTORICAL STATIONS IN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT WERE
ACTIVE DURING THE PERIOD OF RECORD.
* DENOTES DATA FROM AN UNOFFICIAL SOURCE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY MAY CONTAIN PRELIMINARY OR UNOFFICIAL
INFORMATION AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE OR FINAL REPORT.
END/NLWO
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