As is fairly typical when we are in a pattern dominated by arctic high pressure, the timing of the system for last week’s forecast was off by a little bit. We definitely saw high pressure and cold air build in during the first half of last week’s forecast, but the Pacific low came in a
Forecast: Milder weather with a chance for snow
Covering the period from December 16 to December 25, 2019
Where will the best Christmas weather be on the Prairies?
Where’s your ‘perfect’ Christmas most likely to be found? We’ve got the data
Every few years I like to revisit the topic of the “perfect” Christmas holiday weather. As I went through a couple of the older articles that I’ve written on this topic, I found a rather interesting coincidence. Each year we’ve looked at this topic, December has started off warm and dry with little snow cover
Forecast: Typical mid-December weather
Covering the period from December 9 to December 18, 2019
Last week’s forecast got the big weather picture not too badly, but it was off on the timing. The cold air took a little longer than forecast to move in and ended up being a little colder than expected. As often is the case, when the general movement of weather systems slows down, we often
Cool, wet fall, warm, wet winter?
The computer models predict near- to above-average temperatures in December
As fall comes to an end across the Prairies some locations have already seen winter come and stay, while other regions are still waiting for winter snowpack to develop. Once again it is bad timing for writing the monthly weather summary as there are still a couple of days left in November. Normally, I can
Forecast: Quiet weather pattern redevelops
Covering the period from December 4 to December 13, 2019
Once again, the weather models did a pretty good job with the medium-range forecast. They predicted last weekend’s storm system that kept most of the precipitation south of our region. For this forecast period, it looks like the overall weather pattern across central North America will quiet down a little bit, with no big storm
Earth continues to run a fever
After weeks of rapid growth, October’s average sea ice extent came in at a record low
It’s been a while since we’ve looked at what has been happening, weather-wise, around the world, so I figured we should do that. To start off, we don’t have to go further than our own backyard. The global temperature anomalies for October have all come out and nearly all of the different reporting agencies agreed
Forecast: Here’s a weather system to keep an eye on
Covering the period from November 25 to December 4, 2019
It’s been another solid week for the weather models as they were pretty spot on with the forecast, only being a day off on the two to five centimetres of snow that fell last Wednesday. For this forecast period, the weather models are starting to show some signs of our weather pattern becoming a little
Gauging snowfall probabilities
A Winnipeg winter offers about a 90 per cent chance of 30 days in which some snow falls
Back in October, just after the big snowstorm, I discussed fall snowstorms. Well, it seems that the October snowstorm has brought on a flurry of questions (no pun intended!) about the probability of snow. So I figured this week we should take a deeper look into snowfall, a topic we’ve visited a couple of times
Weather gift ideas for the holidays
Might a shiny new weather station under the tree be the perfect gift?
Believe it or not, it’s that time of the year again – winter, but we’re not going to talk about that. By “that time of the year,” what I mean is, that it’s time for us to take a look at the various weather gift ideas that are out there for the upcoming holiday season.
Forecast: Dry and relatively mild weather ahead
Covering the period from November 18 to November 27, 2019
With the weather pattern becoming a little more stable, the weather models seem to be handling things a little better. Last week’s forecast was pretty darned good as we saw cold air to start off, with some areas dropping into the -20s C before milder air worked in later in the week. Even warmer air