By the time you read this article it will already be February and you will probably be expecting the usual monthly weather summary and looking forward to seeing what the long-range forecasts call for in the next month. Unfortunately, because I write these articles in advance to meet publishing deadlines, the long-range outlook will have
Semi-permanent highs and lows
Expect conditions mild to start, then cooler
Ithink the first thing I need to point out is that the usual temperature range for this time of the year is now getting warmer, which means we are past the middle of winter and heading toward spring! That is pretty much how this forecast looks. It doesn’t look like the overall pattern we’ve been
Record-breaking temperatures
Iknow some of you who faithfully follow my weather column are going to be upset, but I have to take a break from the explanation of what causes the North Atlantic Oscillation and focus this week instead on the monthly look back at the weather, then look ahead at what wonders the weather may hold
Top global weather stories for 2011
Ask and you shall receive. I asked you, the readers, to send in any questions you would like me to answer and over the last couple of weeks I have received a record number of questions. For those of you who sent in a question I will either email you back an answer right away,
Mild, dry weather to continue to month’s end
It looks like we’ll be back into a mild weather pattern for the next couple of weeks. It also looks like we’ll be remaining on the dry side, with no large storm systems showing up on any of the medium- to long-range weather models. It’s a little too soon to start worrying, but after the
A positive oscillation and record-setting warmth
Iknow in the last issue I said I’d do a recap of last year’s weather both local and globally, but sometimes Mother Nature has her own ideas and I have no choice but to follow her lead. So you’ll have to wait another week or two for the recap of last year’s weather. The main
Will we finally see some cold?
Christmas has come and gone, December has come and gone, and 2011 is done, so we have a lot of weather to recap! In this issue we’ll only have room to discuss this December’s weather and then look ahead to see what January’s weather might be like. In the following issue we’ll take a look
Dry pattern to continue, but with cooler temperatures
It looks like this forecast period will start off on the mild side, but if the long-range models are correct it could be the last mild weather we see for a while. Low pressure tracking across the northern Prairies will bring a mild flow of southerly air during the middle and later part of this
Overall Mild Conditions To Persist
The weather models have really been struggling with the overall pattern over the last week. For the first part of this forecast period, things look fairly quiet. Weak high pressure in place across our region, combined with a large area of low pressure well to our northeast, will bring a mix of sun and clouds
Possible Trend Towards Later Winters?
CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR The No. 1 question or comment I hear at this time of year is either when are we going to get snow that will stay? or I hear the normal time to get snow is November? you fill in the blank, as everyone seems to have a different date! Each year, I re-examine