Summer temps forecast for mid-November
Posted Nov 6, 2012 06:17:51 AM.
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A storm moving up the eastern seaboard will obliterate the chilly, dry November air and bring more rain and wind to the already storm-torn United States, and to the Maritimes.
The coming douse of precipitation will be a stark change for Nova Scotians, who have been experiencing a few dry days of single-digit temperatures.
“The system is going to develop quite dramatically,” News 95.7’s meteorologist Richard Zurawski told the Rick Howe Show. “We’re looking at an appreciable amount of rain. I guess that’s why we will have rainfall warnings out.”
A low-pressure system is expected to bring rain starting Wednesday. By Friday, Halifax could see between 15 to 30 millimeters of rain, and winds are expected to gust between 60 and 70 kilometres per hour.
With the storm however, comes a streak of warm weather.
“By the time we get into Thursday, temperatures will be close to 20 degrees,” said Zurawski. “Record temperatures again. The temperatures are going to be well above normal all across the eastern half of the map.”
Those summer-like temperatures are expected to span from eastern Ontario across to the Maritimes, and last for at least the next 10 days.
One week ago today, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey and began wreaking havoc up the mid-Atlantic United States coast line.
Some 2.1 million Americans who lost electrical power when superstorm Sandy punished the northeast coast on Monday, are still waiting for the lights and heat to be turned back on.
Most of those shivering in the dark — some two million people — are in New Jersey and New York state, and officials say it’ll likely be Wednesday before the power is fully restored.
