CBHT - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 05:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #3

being nice today. This is coastside in chester, and it is 21 right there right now, mostly sunny skies. Terrific. Whether you're in the garden or doing a coastal walk this weekend, you can see temperatures in the low 20s in most cases, edging into the mid 20s in some spots. You can see the winds have been from the west to southwest. Caribou point, a bit of an offshore wind there howling at that coastal spot. You can see greenwood gusting to 52. It's helping to pump in those nice mild temperatures. This is the cold front we're going to be watching. That is going to be moving through pretty unceremoniously through the overnight. It's not going to be bringing us much in the way of precipitation. This is going to be edging into our area on sunday, and just a couple of spits with that. This is going to be giving our best chance with showers in the seven-day forecast. Heat in the south. Just 7° in winnipeg, so some cooler air hanging out over the canadian prairies. Double digit overnight lows. Risk of a shower or isolated pop-up shower. Looking at the radar, not seeing too much there now, but another risk for an hour or two. It's mainly P.E.I. and new brunswick, maybe an isolated shower overnight into cape breton. A mix of sun and cloud here in the northeast. Clouds certainly dominating at times, and a very isolated chance of a shower popping up here. The best chances will be in inverness county. We will squeak into the 16°, 17° range. Closer to mid teens along the coast, and there again are those isolated chances for showers. Don't let those keep you inside. It is still going to be a fine day. Warmer towards the south and west. A good chance of 23°, 24° down towards the bridgewater area. The winds from the east to northeast and a little bit of an east to southeast flow, to eastern areas will be a bit cooler on sunday as you can see. Still squeaking into the high teens, low 20s for many areas on sunday and just an isolated possibility of a shower with this little wave coming through here, but overall, pretty quiet. High pressure is going to be moving in settling in for sunday night into monday, and this is the system which will increase our clouds sunday night into monday. High teens in the valley but cooler along the atlantic coast. Showers for tuesday and fingers crossed that those showers are substantial. Amy, just a reminder for folks to be super safe this weekend. Burn ban for much of the province, just make sure you're keeping an eye on that through the weekend,. >> Amy: this is the third time that sydney pickram, whose parents are from halifax, has qualified for the olympic games. Congratulations. The olympic trials were just three days ago. What was it like qualifying for the olympic games? >> Thank you. Yeah, I think the first time that I qualified, I was 18 and a baby and didn't know what I was doing. Going through an olympics in the pandemic and to now, I think I've grownup a lot and changed as I made the olympic team. There's a lot of stress in just a different way. I think you just cherish the moment so much more, so I wanted to make sure I made the squad and the team. >> Amy: you've got a good cheering section here in halifax. Tell us about that? >> My aunts came over to toronto and my parents, as well. They're the best. I love whenever I get a chance to get to go back to halifax or P.E.I. and be with my family. They're genuinely so supportive, and I'm so excited they're going to make the trip

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