It looks like this forecast period will start off with another Alberta clipper. This low is forecast to track across North Dakota on Wednesday, bringing a shot of light snow to southern regions of Manitoba. As with the other clipper systems, only a couple centimetres of snow are expected. It doesn’t look as though we’ll
Warmer temperatures ahead
Warm January, cold February?
From some of the comments I’ve been hearing over the last couple of weeks you would think that January must have been on track to be one of the coldest Januaries ever. It seems as if one week of really cold weather has created one horribly cold winter! I guess everyone has already forgotten about
Record warmth the top story for 2012
Over the last few issues we’ve looked at the top weather stories from around the world in 2012. In this issue it’s time to zoom in on Canada and see what the top weather stories were this past year. Environment Canada creates a list of the top weather stories each year along with a list
Seasonable weather returns
Once again Mother Nature played her own game last week, as the weak system that was forecast to hit southwestern Manitoba last Thursday ended up being stronger and farther north than anticipated. This brought a good five to 10 centimetres of snow to much of southern and central Manitoba late last week. As predicted, the
First big cold snap in two years
Last week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected. The only problem was that the two storm systems ended up being a little stronger than expected. It definitely feels like winter, as we are experiencing the first significant cold snap in almost two years. A fairly strong ridge of high pressure remains in place over
Weather around the globe in 2012 — part three
Ileft off last week in our look back at 2012 weather worldwide by discussing the record-low Arctic sea ice extent last September. Moving on to October, far and away the biggest weather story of that month was Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, which ended up causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage along the eastern seaboard of the
Warm start, cold end to month?
The beginning of the new year is always a busy time when writing about the weather. In the last issue I started writing about the top worldwide weather stories for each month in 2012 and it will take another issue or two to finish that up. Environment Canada has also come out with its top
Weather models still having trouble
We have been stuck in a split flow for several weeks now and this has kept our weather relatively quiet. The southern stream has kept any significant moisture from making its way northward, so any storm systems tracking along the northern stream have not been very strong or able to produce much in the way
World weather 2012 – Part I
The biggest worldwide story last March was the “summer-in-March” heat wave that brought record-setting temperatures to much of central and eastern North America
Usually around this time Environment Canada comes out with its top weather stories that occurred in Canada this past year. While I will do an article on this topic once it is released, I thought for now that I would take a look back at 2012 and summarize some of the major weather stories thatHoliday weather gift ideas
Each year around this time I like to take a look at weather-related gift ideas. I’m a little bit behind this year, but there is still plenty of time to order something weather related for that special person on your gift list. Personally, I think that Ambient Weather (www.ambientweather.com) has probably the most complete list