The Flats, Newfoundland and Labrador Weather
The Flats, Newfoundland and Labrador — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for The Flats in St. Mary's-The Capes.
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About The Flats, Newfoundland and Labrador
The Flats is a neighbourhood in St. Mary's-The Capes, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. The Flats is located at 46.7969°N, 53.6436°W. It observes Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30). Postal code area: A0B.
The Flats occupies a stark, salt-sprayed edge of the Atlantic coast where the land yields to the sea with a quiet, persistent gravity. It lies 22.0 km west-north-west of Trepassey, NL (from Trepassey, NL: bearing 285°T), and is situated 9.0 km south-south-west of Gaskiers. The terrain rises into the Dry Ridge, a spine of earth that shelters the low-lying ground from the relentless push of the wind. Near the mouth of the Middle Gut River, the water moves with a dark, deliberate clarity, carving its way toward the open ocean through a landscape defined by rock and scrub. When the light fades at dusk, the horizon turns the color of hammered slate, casting a long, cool shadow across the coast that seems to hold the silence of the North Atlantic. This is a geography of endurance, where the vegetation clings to the thin soil and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of brine and cold stone. Life at The Flats turns on the shifting moods of the water and the seasonal cycles of the coast. For generations, the economy has looked outward to the sea, drawing a living from the currents that flow past the mouth of the Middle Gut River. The architecture remains modest, built low to the ground to withstand the gales that sweep across the Dry Ridge. While the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve sits some distance away, the spirit of this coast shares that same ancient, geological stillness. Residents here move with a practical care, familiar with the ways the tides dictate the day, finding a particular beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the riverbanks before the sun burns it away.
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NOAA GOES-19 GEOCOLOR — Canada / Northern U.S. sector. Auto-refreshes every 10 minutes on page reload. Frames the whole country from Newfoundland to the BC coast, plus adjacent Pacific and Atlantic storm approaches.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | The Flats, St. Mary's-The Capes, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Coordinates | 46.796945°N, 53.643611°W |
| Timezone | Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30) |
| Postal FSA | A0B |
| Area Code | 709, 879 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This The Flats, Newfoundland and Labrador Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Flats, Newfoundland and Labrador, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for The Flats includes coordinates 46.796945°N, 53.643611°W, situated in St. Mary's-The Capes. Postal FSA: A0B. Telephone area code: 709, 879. Timezone: Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.