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
Forecast – for Apr. 21, 2011
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
Forecast – for Apr. 14, 2011
After a fairly warm start to the week it looks like we will cool down once again to continue what’s turning out to be a cooler-than-average April. Arctic high pressure will slowly slide southward behind an area of low pressure which is forecast to move through north-central Manitoba during the middle of the week. This
Severe Weather Season About To Begin
In trying to decide what weather tidbit we should look at this week, I hummed and hawed about the ongoing flooding, but decided the regular news is covering that topic nicely. So far this spring has been fairly uneventful, with little in the way of unusual weather. It hasn’t been overly cold and it definitely
Forecast – for Apr. 7, 2011
Last week’s forecast didn’t come out exactly as I thought it would, but looking back, the biggest problem was with the timing of the weather systems. The storm system forecast to hit our region early this week ended up moving in a little early, bringing some significant rain and snow to southern regions. This week
Continued Cool Weather Ahead?
Ayear ago at this time we had just gone through one of the nicest, warmest Marches in recent memory. Everyone was worried about the dry conditions and there was plenty of talk about possible drought conditions for the upcoming growing season. This year, our weather story has taken a full 180-degree turn. This March was
Forecast – for Mar. 24, 2011
Another tough forecast, at least to start this forecast period. One of the big weather-makers to affect this forecast period will be just winding up on Wednesday. As a number of you know, I have to complete this forecast on Monday in order to meet the newspaper’s publishing deadline. As I write this there is
Spring Can Give Us Some Heavy Snow
With spring starting to make itself felt across the region and all the talk about the deep snow and flood potential, I thought I would bring up what could be an alarming weather fact: some of our heaviest snowfalls occur during the spring! I thought I would dig back into the weather records and share
Forecast – for Mar. 17, 2011
The weather pattern looks as if it will continue to be fairly active during this forecast period. After seeing a rather strong area of low pressure push through southern and central regions late last week, which luckily brought more wind than snow, it looks like another low will move through during the middle of this
Spring Flooding: The Dice Are Loaded
It seems you can’t listen to a conversation lately that doesn’t at some point move to the topic of spring flooding. The latest flood forecast for southern Manitoba indicates a high potential for flooding in pretty much all regions. If we continue to have favourable weather, which means little to no snow or rain over