The weather models have been having a fair bit of trouble lately and this looks to continue into this forecast period. Last week the models predicted a strong low forming to our west over the weekend, then moving to the northeast. This low did form, but farther south, and it moved in early, bringing the
Forecast – for Jun. 2, 2011
What’s Up With May’s Weather?
After a week of really nice weather across much of agricultural Manitoba, we saw the weather turn back to cool, wet conditions. Some of the comments I’ve been hearing about the weather are that our seasons are off by a month, or simply that Mays appear to be getting wetter and colder. At first I
Forecast – for May. 26, 2011
Last week’s forecast started off exactly as the models predicted, but by the time the weekend rolled around things got a little off track. The weather models had predicted the large area of low pressure that affected us over the weekend, but they originally kept most of the clouds and rain to our south. Unfortunately,
Long Waves And Blocking Patterns
If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute.” This is probably one of the most used and often true statements made about the weather in our part of the world. We live in the zone that stretches right around the globe, where warm air moving northward battles it out with cold air surging
Forecast – for May. 19, 2011
With strong high pressure firmly in place across the Prairies it looks like the first half of this forecast period will be sunny, dry and warm. A strong blocking ridge of high pressure that brought plenty of sunshine and fairly mild temperatures over the weekend and into the start of the work week will continue
A Break From Severe Weather
Iknow in the last issue I didn’t really finish up my discussion about lightning, and I said I would continue that talk this week, but sometimes other things come around that change our minds. It’s interesting how “big things” in our lives start out as “other things.” Take the one-in-300-year flood happening along the Assiniboine
Forecast – for May. 12, 2011
It’s another tough forecast as a large and slow-moving area of low pressure will be the dominant weather maker for our region during the first half of this forecast period. It looks like our cool, wet spring weather will continue at least for a little while longer. As we mentioned last week, a large area
A Technical Look At Lightning
Iknow I mentioned in my last severe weather article that I would be doing a detailed discussion about tornadoes sometime soon, but that sometime is not this week. Instead, I’ve decided to look at a particular aspect of thunderstorms that everyone has seen, can be deadly but rarely is, and is probably one of the
Forecast – for Apr. 21, 2011
During the last week or so we definitely saw and felt the cool arctic high pressure build in, bringing fairly cool conditions. Unfortunately for southern regions the area of high pressure was not strong enough to keep all the moisture from last weekend’s storm system to our south, with a good chunk of this region
Time To Think About Severe Weather
Last issue we began our look into severe weather and ended our discussion by introducing tornadoes. Over the last week there have been several outbreaks of severe weather over central and eastern parts of the U.S., with dozens of tornadoes reported and nearly 50 people killed. While this is still well to our south, it
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