Spring-like temperatures set to return to the Maritimes

This winter has been exceptionally mild across the Maritimes and that trend will certainly continue, at least for the next week or so.

A warm front moving into the region on Wednesday will shift our winds back to southwest and once again allow warmer than normal temperatures to move back in.

Temperatures on Thursday will climb into the double digits across most of Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick, with a few low teen temperaturespossible as well.

The temperatures will be warm enough to challenge and even set records for Feb.16across many parts of Nova Scotia and southwestern New Brunswick.

Will Thursday's temperatures beall-time February records? Not even close.

The top of the record-warm February list is filled with temperatures in the high teens, experienced back in 1943, 1994, 2000, 2016 and most recently in 2017, when Greenwood hit an all-time Maritime high of 20 degrees!

A messy mix for Friday

Our next system will roll into the Maritimes on Friday with rain and more mild temperatures for Nova Scotia, while southern New Brunswick looks set to see a mix of rain and freezing rain. Northern New Brunswick will see more snow.

As the system departs to the east, a cold front willsweep southward beginning Friday afternoon, bringinga messy mix of ice pellets, freezing rain, then snow and flurries to Nova Scotia.

Environment Canada has issued Special Weather Statements for southern New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, warning of the possibility of freezing rain for up to 4 hours or more on Friday.

Cooler temperatures are looking set for Saturday, beforemilder air looksset to return yet again.

Another warm-up

While it's still early, there's good consensus that we'll see another push of warm air, along with some rain, across much of the Maritimes on Monday and into Tuesday of next week.

Beyond that, the longer-range guidance is signalling temperatures returning closer to seasonal toward the end of February and the beginning of March, but we'll have to wait and see whether that comes to fruition.