It’s looking like the wet September weather is going to continue right up to the end of the month as a very winter-like weather pattern continues across the region. While the overall weather pattern is behaving much like a winter pattern, it’s missing one thing: cold air, or at least, unseasonably cold air. Last week’s
Forecast: Hints of warmer and drier weather ahead
Covering the period from September 30 to October 9, 2019
Warm start, but does a cold end to winter lie ahead?
Several longer-range weather models call for above-average temperatures in November
After enduring a short-lived but fairly intense early-fall heat wave across nearly all of Manitoba last week, maybe it is — or maybe it isn’t — an appropriate time to take our first in-depth look at the latest fall and winter forecasts for the Canadian Prairies. Before we dig into the long-range forecasts I think
Forecast: Up-and-down weather ahead
Covering the period from September 23 to October 2, 2019
I’m starting to see a bit of a trend in these forecasts since I began having an earlier deadline. Understandably, the first half of the forecast is playing out pretty well, but then the timings and locations of systems start to drift off as we get further into the future. With that said, the first
Is nature predicting a harsh winter?
Plants and animals are reacting to near-term weather
Over years of writing weather-related articles, the one topic on which I probably get the most emails is weather folklore. I have touched on this topic now and then, and did a fairly in-depth look at some of it last year. As I’m still in the process of gathering information to finish up our look
Forecast: A fall heat wave approaches
Covering the period from September 16 to 25, 2019
The first half of last week’s forecast played out pretty well; we did see rain move through early in the week, followed by a second system on Thursday and Friday. What didn’t pan out were the milder temperatures with the second system. Lucky for us, the weather models didn’t do quite as well for the
Trying to understand Hurricane Dorian’s power
Dorian did not move like the typical hurricane
As we head into fall, we move into that tough time of the year. You hope for perfect weather conditions, but with the dry year some regions have had, what’s perfect for some will be terrible for others. Recent rainfall is welcome in most pasture and haying areas, but for those wanting to get their
Forecast: More chances for rain
Covering the period from September 9 to 18, 2019
While the weather models were able to predict the fairly active weather pattern that brought several rounds of showers, thundershowers and just general light rains over the last week or two, they did struggle with the timing of the systems and the temperatures. It looks like this forecast period is going to continue on the
Bezte: Cool summer, cool fall?
Another month has come and gone and in the weather world, summer is slowly coming to an end. That means it’s time to take a look back at the weather over the past month and to summarize what the three key summer months brought us, weather-wise, across the Prairies. Then, as usual, we’ll take our
Forecast: A couple of chances for precipitation
The weather models did a pretty good job forecasting the deep late-summer low that brought significant rains to large parts of Manitoba two weekends ago and into the first half of last week. The brisk northerly flow behind the low did keep temperatures on the cool side, with daytime highs struggling to make it into
When should we normally expect the first fall frost?
fall It’s just a matter of time before the mercury dips enough to end the growing season
With some of the first winter forecasts beginning to make the news, I had to resist the urge to jump on this topic. After all, it is still summer and I think we can wait at least one more week before we take a look ahead to see what this fall and winter may have