It looks as though this forecast period will be another tough one to figure out. The weather models have been fairly consistent with the general pattern, but are all over the place with the placement of the different systems. So once again, confidence in this forecast is not very high. Temperatures should slowly warm during
Plenty of chances for snow
What goes into a 35-year snowfall?
Hopefully you read last week’s weather article and have been attempting to make a few weather forecasts of your own. Some of you might wonder why last week’s article wasn’t all about the snowstorm that affected much of southern and central Manitoba. It has to do with deadlines; due to Remembrance Day I had an
Warm start, cool end to week
I have to begin this week’s forecast by saying the overall confidence in the forecast is not that high! The different weather models have not been very consistent from model run to model run, which means it is a tough period to forecast. The models show an area of low pressure moving across the southern
Now anyone can be a weather forecaster
The Weather Underground Internet site gives amateurs the tools they need to create their own localized forecasts
It’s been awhile since I’ve discussed weather-related websites, and I figured it was about time to share one of my favourites — The Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com). The Weather Underground is literally the first-ever Internet weather website, and I think it is the best weather website out there. I figured the best way to introduce youCold and wet – new pattern?
In the last issue we took a look ahead to see what the winter might have in store for us. In this issue we’re going to take our monthly look back at the weather and then look only a little ahead to try and see what November might bring us weather-wise. Well, I guess we
Colorado low coming our way
Last week’s forecast didn’t turn out quite as well as I would have hoped. High pressure never really made it into our region and temperatures didn’t really warm up like they were supposed to. As a result, any precipitation that did fall ended up falling as snow, and over some western regions it ended up
Problems trying to create winter forecast
Last issue we took a quick look at the different factors that must be taken into account when trying to create a long-range winter weather forecast. For those of you who missed the article, I think it’s easy to summarize it by saying — trying to make a long-range forecast is so complicated that you
Quieter and milder weather
An interesting note to start off this forecast is that if the weather models are correct, areas as close to us as Thunder Bay will be feeling the effects of the remnants of Hurricane Sandy, as the system stalls out over Eastern Canada this week. For us here in Manitoba, this will block a ridge
Active weather pattern; a little taste of winter
It definitely seems like we’re in a new weather pattern as the cool, wet weather looks to continue for pretty much this entire forecast period. The weather models have been having a heck of a time coming to a consensus on how the weather will play out during the first half of this forecast period.
The secrets behind making a long-range forecast for winter
With winter just around the corner the various weather-forecasting companies and organizations are starting to come out with their winter forecasts. I will do a complete examination of all the different forecasts in next week’s article, as not all the forecasts are available yet. For this week I thought I would take some time to