Well, I knew there were going to be thunderstorms across southern Manitoba last weekend; what I did really believe was that some areas would see over 75 mm of rain. For those of you hoping we are going to enter a nice drying-out period I’m afraid the news isn’t all that good. We should see
Issued: Monday, May 31, 2010 Covering: June 2 –June 9
Soggy Weekend Adds Up
TABLE 1. RAINFALL FROM 6 A. M. FRIDAY TO 6 A. M. SATURDAY LOCATION Winnipeg Emerson PortagelaPrairie 91.4mm Pinawa Brandon Carberry Great Falls DeltaMarsh 33.8mm McCreary Wasagaming 27.2mm Melita Carman Cypress River Gimli Oak Point Roblin Dauphin FisherBranch 15.5mm Sprague Deerwood Pilot Mound Morden RAINFALL (mm) 95.0 mm 110.4 mm 87.8 mm 63.0 mm 46.4
Issued: Monday, May 24, 2010 Covering: May 26 –June 2
The blocking ridge of high pressure that brought sunny skies and warm temperatures last week has moved to the east and a large trough of low pressure has taken its place over our region. With high pressure to our east and low pressure to our west, the general flow of the atmosphere over our region
Hail And Thunderstorms
TABLE 1. Twelve largest recent Canadian hailstorms (losses in millions of dollars) Date Location Sept. 1991 Calgary 343 July 1987 Edmonton July 1996 July 1981 July 1996 July 1996 July 1998 July 1995 Aug. 1998 June 1995 Winnipeg Calgary Calgary Calgary Calgary Calgary Calgary Southern Alberta May 1987 Montreal July 1992 Calgary Insurance losses 148
Awesome Thunderstorms
The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to
Issued: Monday, May 17, 2010 Covering: May 19 –May 26
Summer-like conditions definitely won out over the possible cool, wet conditions for the first half of this forecast period. The warm, dry weather is the result of a split flow in the middle layers of the atmosphere. This is keeping any storm systems well to our north or just to our south. Combine this with
Issued: Monday, May 10, 2010 Covering: May 12 –May 19
Iwasn’t exactly wrong on the second half of last week’s forecast, but I wasn’t exactly right either. The main storm track did develop to our south, but a pesky little upper low decided to break off from this main storm track and meander over our region during the first part of this week. This brought
Rain, Snow, Tornadoes
The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to
Cool Start To May
TABLE 1. What fell April 29-30 (totals in millimetres) Ethelbert Roblin Swan Valley Dauphin Swan River Wasagaming Eriksdale Ste. Rose Grandview Moosehorn Steinbach Teulon Dugald Selkirk Elm Creek Starbuck 66.0 60.3 53.0 0.4 44.8 44.4 43.6 43.2 41.8 36.8 34.6 33.8 33.6 33.2 32.0 30.2 The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher
Issued: Monday, May 3, 2010 Covering: May 5 –May 12
What a difference a week can make. The big storm system that hit our region as forecast late last week ended up stalling out and sat over southern Manitoba all weekend, bringing clouds and showers. This system looks like it will be followed by a second smaller but still strong system on Tuesday and Wednesday.