Last week’s Arctic high built in as expected, but brought slightly cooler temperatures than expected, with overnight lows dropping into the minus teens late last week. The strong area of low pressure also developed to our west as predicted, but fortunately for us, it took a more northerly route and brought nice mild weather to
Pattern trying to transition to winter
Issued: Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 – Covering: Nov. 5 – Nov. 12, 2014
Above-average temperatures should continue
Issued: Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 – Covering: Oct. 29 – Nov. 5, 2014
As usual for this time of the year, small changes in the way weather systems move can have a big impact on our weather. Last week’s forecast indicated an area of low pressure would develop to our west and bring nice mild conditions. Not surprisingly, this low now looks like it will take a more
Mild October weather to continue
Issued: Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 – Covering: Oct. 22 - Oct. 29, 2014
This forecast period begins with a continuation of the warm, dry weather we’ve been seeing off and on now for nearly two weeks. This warm weather, which has been bringing temperatures a good 6 to 10 C above the long-term average, looks to continue for at least a few more days before more average late-October
Weather models point to a fall heat wave
Issued: Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 – Covering: Oct. 15 - Oct. 22, 2014
The long weekend turned out to be a little nicer than expected as the large Pacific low ended up staying off shore, with only a few pieces of energy moving through our region. Overall, the forecast for the next couple of weeks looks to be pretty good. Confidence is actually fairly high as the weather
Weather to bring a nice start for Thanksgiving long weekend
Issued: Monday, Oct. 6 – Covering: Oct. 8 - Oct. 15, 2014
As we begin to transition from fall to winter the weather can often behave unexpectedly, and we definitely saw this happen last week. Around this time last week the forecast called for a fairly strong area of low pressure to move northward out of the States, then move off to the northeast. Well, this low
Typical fall weather en route
Issued: Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 – Covering: Oct. 1 - 8, 2014
Last week’s forecast played out pretty close to what was expected. The warm air moved in by late in the week, bringing record temperatures to many areas, and the cold front came through a little earlier than expected, bringing with it a return to more seasonable values. This forecast period will begin with a fairly
Warm fall weather finally arrives
Issued: Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 – Covering: Sept. 24 - Oct. 1, 2014
It took a little longer than expected, as a secondary area of low pressure brought clouds and showers to most regions early last weekend, but a western upper ridge of high pressure is finally moving in, bringing with it much-anticipated warm, dry weather. This upper ridge will bring mainly sunny skies along with warm temperatures
Nice fall weather moving in
Forecast issued Monday, Sept. 15 - Covering: Sept. 17 – Sept. 24, 2014
Last week’s forecast didn’t work out quite as expected. The strong arctic high did build southward, but it remained farther to the west than originally forecast, resulting in more cloud cover. While some areas did see some light frost late last week, the extra clouds kept most places a little warmer at night and a little cooler
How do we define a fall frost?
Temperatures at thermometer level may vary from what's happening on the ground
Around the same time every year, if you are into agriculture at any level, thoughts start to turn to fall frost. Will it be earlier or later than average? I love overhearing weather conversations, because it often makes me realize I need to keep revisiting certain topics, and fall frost is one of them. When
The nice weather’s not over yet!
The first part of last week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected and we did end up seeing a pretty nice weekend. After that, the forecast fell apart as the expected area of low pressure was pushed well to our south and an unexpected strong area of arctic high pressure pushed southward as well.