Wet weather set to bring some relief for firefighters

Finally there's some relief on the way from Mother Nature.

We're looking at a good, soaking rain across Nova Scotia beginning Friday eveningand continuingthrough Saturday.

While there's still some disagreement betweenforecast models, it looksmore and more likely that Nova Scotia will see widespread rainfall of 20-40 millimetres by Sunday evening.Some areas may receive more than 50 millimetres.

The outlook for next week is affected by a high-pressure system setting up across the North Atlantic that will block a low-pressure system along with its rain and cooler weather above the province.

Normally in June, a blocking weather pattern is thelast thing you want to see. However, given the current situation, this is exactly what we need right now.