Overview of the weekend storm

A weather system moving through will make for a stormy weekend across Newfoundland and parts of Labrador.

There are several weather alerts in effect across the province.

Snow will push across Newfoundland beginning this evening and will very quickly change to rain for all of Newfoundland except for the Great Northern Peninsula.

On Saturday afternoon parts of central Newfoundland and the Gros Morne to Corner Brook area will change from rain to freezing rain. A long-duration freezing rain event is possible for central Newfoundland. On Saturday snow will continue on the Great Northern Peninsula, and rain will continue for the south coast and the Avalon Peninsula.

By Sunday, snow will come to an end on the Great Northern Peninsula and precipitation will wind down along the west coast. Snow and freezing rain continues in central, rain will continue for the south coast and the Avalon Peninsula.

Precipitation forecast from Friday to Sunday Night

Location	Snow	Rain	Freezing Rain
St. John's	2 cm	30-50 mm	0 mm
Marystown	5 cm	50-80 mm	0 mm
Gander	15-25 cm	40-50 mm	3-7 mm
Grand Falls-Windsor	15-25 cm	20-40 mm	30-40 mm
Corner Brook	10-15 cm	​25-35 mm	25-35 mm
Port aux Basques	15-20 cm	50-100 mm	0 mm
St. Anthony	20-25 cm	0 mm	0 mm

This storm will have the potential to cause significant power outages in central and western Newfoundland and travel will be dangerous.

Before this storm even moves out another one is headed our way for Monday and Tuesday. Details will follow on this next storm.

Marine Atlantic has cancelled all crossings for today and advised that crossings scheduled for Saturday morning, Sunday evening, and all day Monday could be impacted.