The Weather Network believes a warm and humid summer is likely across the Maritimes as it unveiled its forecast for June, July and August.
Meteorologist Michael Carter says the heat is not going to waste any time getting started either.
“We have the potential to threaten the upper 20s and low 30s by the end of this weekend and early next week… that’s when we will see hot weather starting to build in. We’re not going to have to wait for summer-like temperatures this year,” he notes.
Carter believes the humidity may be more of a factor than the heat this year.
“We have a lot of very warm water in the North Atlantic off the coast of the Maritimes this year and what that’s going to do is ramp up the humidity. In terms of temperatures, it keeps those overnight lows quite muggy… quite warm.”
As for precipitation this summer, Carter says rainfall tends to become more localized thanks to passing showers or thundershowers.
While some parts of the Maritimes suffered from drought last year, he thinks rainfall will be above normal overall this year.
Carter adds the warm Atlantic waters will also play a role in precipitation totals by providing air masses with more moisture.
