Covering the period from September 9 to 18, 2019
While the weather models were able to predict the fairly active weather pattern that brought several rounds of showers, thundershowers and just general light rains over the last week or two, they did struggle with the timing of the systems and the temperatures. It looks like this forecast period is going to continue on the […] Read more
Another month has come and gone and in the weather world, summer is slowly coming to an end. That means it’s time to take a look back at the weather over the past month and to summarize what the three key summer months brought us, weather-wise, across the Prairies. Then, as usual, we’ll take our […] Read more
The weather models did a pretty good job forecasting the deep late-summer low that brought significant rains to large parts of Manitoba two weekends ago and into the first half of last week. The brisk northerly flow behind the low did keep temperatures on the cool side, with daytime highs struggling to make it into […] Read more
fall It’s just a matter of time before the mercury dips enough to end the growing season
With some of the first winter forecasts beginning to make the news, I had to resist the urge to jump on this topic. After all, it is still summer and I think we can wait at least one more week before we take a look ahead to see what this fall and winter may have […] Read more
Last week’s forecast turned out not too bad considering the extra lead time. Even the short-term forecasts struggled with the cool air late last week and while the first low didn’t kick northwards last Friday, the main low was still forecasted to bring significant rainfall chances to most of southern and central Manitoba last weekend […] Read more
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of big weather stories currently going on in our part of the world, but is that really true? Sure, the weather overall this summer has been fairly quiet, with no massive storms or heat waves, but there has been a weather story that has been slowly building and […] Read more
Covering the period from August 19 to 28, 2019
Well, last issue’s forecast wasn’t too far off. We did see some clouds and showers move through our region last Thursday and Friday, but most regions ended up seeing more sun than clouds instead of the other way around. This forecast period will begin with an area of low pressure slowly pulling off to our […] Read more
What are we likely to experience, a warm or cool long-range forecast?
I guess I’ll begin with an apology for not being able to provide a new article for last week’s issue of the Co-operator. I was off exploring the wilds of Vancouver Island after competing in the Whistler half Ironman. I knew cellphone and data coverage was going to be tough on the Island, especially when […] Read more
Issued August 92019: Covering the period from August 13 to 21
To start off this issue’s forecast I have a little explaining to do. Those of you who regularly follow my forecasts know I create them on Monday morning, and you end up seeing it a couple of days later. Well, due to changes in publishing, my new deadline is now three days earlier: Friday morning. […] Read more
A quick look at how various types of clouds are named and classified
Our current method of naming and classifying clouds was developed in 1803 by Luke Howard, an English naturalist. His system employed Latin words to describe the clouds as they appear from the ground. Clouds that appeared to look like sheets were called stratus, which is Latin for layer. Puffy clouds were called cumulus, which is […] Read more
