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Weather

Meet Mr. and Mrs Cardinal. Jan Kennedy took this picture through her kitchen window in Dartmouth, N.S.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Cardinals pay a visit

Published 11 hours ago

The ring of clouds on the horizon looks like a protective arm guarding the lobster boats. They were lined up and ready for another season when Rosemary Woods came across this very Maritime setting at Ballast Grounds in North Sydney, N.S. Rosemary and I would like to wish everyone a safe and prosperous season.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Clouds over North Sydney

Published May 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Clouds over North Sydney

Published May 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

The full moon rising over Saint John, N.B. does not look blue but it was. The photo was submitted by Jim Carroll and taken the evening of January 31st, 2018. This Full Old Moon was the second full month of the month; the first was on the first and was the Full Wolf Moon. This is referred to as a calendar blue moon.

CINDY DAY: May moon might make you blue

Published May 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

David Blight and his son were surprised to see what looked like the beginning of a tornado over the Chain Lake area of Halifax last week. However, things are not always as they appear! What they observed is a fallstreak.

WEATHER U: No holes in this theory

Published May 17, 2019 at 4 a.m.

A Baltimore oriole was happy to find a snack near Halifax, N.S., on a cold, May day in David Grantham's yard.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: The birds of summer are back, despite the weather

Published May 17, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Martine Leblanc captured this beautiful view of the Confederation Bridge May 10.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: A different view of the Confederation Bridge

Cindy Day
Published May 16, 2019 at 4 a.m.

The early bird gets the scallops… or at least that’s what Martine Leblanc hoped would happen when she took to the water last Friday, May 10. The day was certainly off to a stunning start. The Confederation Bridge looks like the ...

It’s all about location! Cold air, circulating around a stalled weather pattern, pulled an icy, east wind across the region and all the way back to the New England states.

CINDY DAY: Close the back door, the cold is coming in!

Cindy Day
Updated May 16, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Tuesday’s high temperatures across the Maritimes were about 10 degrees below normal; that departure is significant. Cindy Day We were not the only ones reaching for our winter coats: the mid-afternoon temperature in Boston was 8 C; ...

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight…” Rachel MacFarlane was impressed with the blood red sky that appeared over Antigonish Harbour in Williams Point, Antigonish county NS Sunday evening. The next day, we were impressed — but not surprised — by Monday sunshine! That old weather proverb has been around for centuries and is said to be accurate 98 percent of the time.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Sailor's delight in Antigonish County

Cindy Day
Published May 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight…” Rachel MacFarlane was impressed with the blood red sky that appeared over Antigonish Harbour in Williams Point, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Sunday evening. The next day, we ...

Not something you really want to see in May is it! Jeffrey snapped this photo Mother’s Day morning in Pasadena NL – that’s just south of Deer Lake. No word yet on whether Jeffrey still has freckles.

GRANDMA SAYS: ‘Seeing’ the benefits of May snow!

Cindy Day
Published May 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

May snow is never welcome, even by me. And I love snow. There comes a time when you need to move on and put away the mittens! Here in Atlantic Canada, we don’t often get through the month without some white. Other than complain ...

Lannan Peardon titles this work “Ready, set, go!” Quite timely, now that Lobster season is underway in many Maritime communities.

AGELESS ART: Lobster season underway in "Ready, set, go" by Lanna Peardon

Cindy Day
Updated May 14, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

Last month I reached out and asked you to submit your “grown-up” art. I promised to occasionally feature your weather-inspired works in our pages both in print and online. I continue to meet “grown-ups” who have picked ...

Sylvie Theriault says “You know it's still cold out there when a tree branch has to wear a mitten!” Sylvie snapped this photo last week in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Shubie Park. You might want to dig out two mittens if you’re planning a stroll today. The wind is raw and temperatures are close to 10 degrees below normal for mid-May.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Missing a mitten in Shubie Park

Cindy Day
Updated May 14, 2019 at 3:21 p.m.

Sylvie Theriault says, “You know it's still cold out there when a tree branch has to wear a mitten!” Sylvie snapped this photo last week in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Shubie Park. You might want to dig out two mittens if ...

Verna Bailey watched as this lovely cruise ship sailed in to Louisbourg, N.S.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Cruise into Louisbourg

Cindy Day
Published May 11, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Welcome to Louisbourg, Cape Breton! Verna Bailey watched as this lovely cruise ship sailed in. It might seem a little early, but the Hurtigruten cruises sail in all seasons and they promise amazing scenery and active outdoor life ...

Always proud to stand by my beautiful mother - Faith Lefebvre - and blessed that she continues to guide me. Happy Mother's Day, mom!

CINDY DAY: He prayed for snow on Mother’s Day

Cindy Day
Updated May 11, 2019 at 4 a.m.

The Mother’s Day weekend is upon us. There’s something about moms and spring sunshine that seem to go hand in hand. I wish I could have arranged for nicer weather this weekend but that is out my hands. Cindy Day The weather will ...

Janine Angela Musolino Sanford's family photo album preserves memories of the May 10, 1972, snow storm that hit Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Her grandparents Harold and Iris Johnson, as well as her great-grandfather Gerald A. Hatter shovelling snow in the Hydrostone neighborhood of Halifax, N.S.

CINDY DAY: Remembering the spring of ’72!

Cindy Day
Published May 10, 2019 at 6 a.m.

It’s been cool! That icy north wind has been holding our afternoon highs well below seasonal values and the lack of night cloud cover has invited our old friend Jack Frost back to the region. Cindy Day As a reminder, the normal high ...

Cathy Foley spotted the solar halo and condensation trail from the top of Halls Harbour Mountain, N.S. -

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Busy, blue sky day

Cindy Day
Published May 10, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Mother Nature put a ring on it then an aircraft drew a line through it. Cathy Foley spotted the solar halo and condensation trail from the top of Halls Harbour Mountain in Nova Scotia. She called it a busy sky day. Since ...