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FPCN16 CWHX 170751  
FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT  
5:30 A.M. NDT TUESDAY 17 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.  
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. NDT.  
 
ST. JOHN'S AND VICINITY  
AVALON PENINSULA NORTH.  
TODAY..FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE  
THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 MM. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING NEAR  
NOON. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING  
TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 MM. FOG PATCHES.  
WIND SOUTHWEST 60 KM/H GUSTING TO 90. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 13 BY  
MORNING.  
WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES IN  
THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR  
NOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING  
TO 60 IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 1 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
AVALON PENINSULA SOUTHEAST  
AVALON PENINSULA SOUTHWEST.  
TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. FOG PATCHES  
DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING  
SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 MM. FOG PATCHES.  
WIND SOUTHWEST 60 KM/H GUSTING TO 90. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 9 THIS  
EVENING THEN FALLING.  
WEDNESDAY..RAIN CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL  
AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR NOON. WIND SOUTHWEST  
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV  
INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
CLARENVILLE AND VICINITY  
BONAVISTA PENINSULA  
TERRA NOVA.  
TODAY..FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE  
THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 MM. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING THIS  
AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50  
GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. FOG  
PATCHES. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 30  
GUSTING TO 50 BEFORE MORNING. LOW PLUS 3.  
WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES NEAR  
NOON AND ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. RAINFALL AMOUNT  
2 TO 4 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST  
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
GANDER AND VICINITY  
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR AND VICINITY.  
TODAY..RAIN ENDING THIS MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 MM. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60  
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 11. UV  
INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.  
WEDNESDAY..RAIN SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE CHANGING TO A FEW  
FLURRIES IN THE MORNING AND ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN MAINLY  
CLOUDY. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO  
50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE  
FALLING TO MINUS 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
BONAVISTA NORTH  
BAY OF EXPLOITS.  
TODAY..FREEZING RAIN ENDING THIS MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT  
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60  
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 11. UV  
INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.  
WEDNESDAY..RAIN SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE CHANGING TO A FEW  
FLURRIES IN THE MORNING AND ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN MAINLY  
CLOUDY. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO  
50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE  
FALLING TO MINUS 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
GREEN BAY - WHITE BAY.  
TODAY..FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE THIS  
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60  
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 13. UV  
INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN PARTLY  
CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80  
DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3.  
WEDNESDAY..BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH A FEW FLURRIES. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR  
NOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 6 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL  
MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 14 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR  
LOW.  
 
BUCHANS AND THE INTERIOR  
DEER LAKE - HUMBER VALLEY.  
TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND SOUTH  
40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS  
MORNING. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN PARTLY  
CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80  
DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3.  
WEDNESDAY..BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH A FEW FLURRIES. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR  
NOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 6 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL  
MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 14 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR  
LOW.  
 
BURIN PENINSULA.  
TODAY..RAIN. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING.  
HIGH 11. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF DRIZZLE OR RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY  
NEAR MIDNIGHT. AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTHWEST  
60 KM/H GUSTING TO 90 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 OVERNIGHT. LOW  
PLUS 4.  
WEDNESDAY..RAIN CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES NEAR NOON AND ENDING IN  
THE AFTERNOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 MM. FOG PATCHES  
DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50  
BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING  
TO MINUS 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 11 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
CONNAIGRE.  
TODAY..RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM EXCEPT LOCALLY 30 MM INLAND. FOG  
PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50  
GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER EARLY THIS  
EVENING. AMOUNT 20 TO 30 MM EXCEPT LOCALLY 40 MM INLAND. FOG  
PATCHES. WIND SOUTHWEST 60 KM/H GUSTING TO 90 DIMINISHING TO 30  
GUSTING TO 50 OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1.  
WEDNESDAY..RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES AND ENDING  
NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST  
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR NOON.  
TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 11  
IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.  
 
BURGEO - RAMEA.  
TODAY..RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER THIS AFTERNOON.  
AMOUNT 20 TO 30 MM EXCEPT LOCALLY 50 MM IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAIN.  
FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50  
GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES BEFORE  
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 20 TO 30 MM EXCEPT LOCALLY 50 MM IN AREAS  
OF HEAVIEST RAIN. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST  
50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT.  
LOW MINUS 1.  
WEDNESDAY..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY.  
WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR  
NOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 5 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL  
MINUS 12 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.  
 
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES AND VICINITY.  
TODAY..RAIN. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS  
AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 10 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H GUSTING TO  
80 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 100 IN THE WRECKHOUSE AREA. HIGH 7 EXCEPT 12  
NORTH OF CAPE RAY. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO  
10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 80 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 110 IN THE WRECKHOUSE AREA THIS  
EVENING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN  
WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40. LOW MINUS 2.  
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN THE  
MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40  
INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING  
TO MINUS 6 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING AND  
MINUS 15 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
BAY ST. GEORGE.  
TODAY..RAIN. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS  
AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 80. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO  
10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 80 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW  
MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 OVERNIGHT.  
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN  
THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 7 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 17 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV  
INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
CORNER BROOK AND VICINITY  
GROS MORNE.  
TODAY..RAIN. RISK OF A THUNDERSHOWER LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS  
AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 10 MM EXCEPT LOCALLY 20 MM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.  
FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50  
GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO  
10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 50 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 80 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW  
MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 11 OVERNIGHT.  
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN  
THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 8 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 11 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 17 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV  
INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
PARSON'S POND - HAWKE'S BAY.  
TODAY..RAIN. AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM. FOG PATCHES. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING.  
HIGH 13. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO  
10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST  
50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3.  
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. WIND  
SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 IN  
THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 8 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND  
CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 20 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV  
INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
 
PORT SAUNDERS AND THE STRAITS.  
TODAY..RAIN. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL  
AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. WIND  
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50  
THEN INCREASING TO 60 GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1 OR  
LOW.  
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY  
CLOUDY. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
WIND SOUTHWEST 60 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 100 ALONG THE  
COAST THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40  
GUSTING TO 60 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 4.  
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN THE  
MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60  
BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO  
MINUS 9 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE MORNING AND  
MINUS 19 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
NORTHERN PENINSULA EAST.  
TODAY..FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE THIS  
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 MM. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING  
TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 70 ALONG PARTS OF THE COAST EARLY THIS  
MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING.  
HIGH 12. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..SHOWERS OR PERIODS OF DRIZZLE ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN  
MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO  
30 GUSTING TO 50 OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 4.  
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN THE  
MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50  
BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 IN THE CANADA  
BAY AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 9 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 19 IN THE  
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
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