After a pretty hot first half of July it looks like we are going to see a slight cool-down during this forecast period. The big question is whether this is going to be a short-term or long-term change in our overall weather pattern. This forecast period will begin with a slow-moving upper low tracking from
Forecast: Much cooler weather pattern developing
Issued July 23, 2018: Covering the period from July 25 to August 1
Forecast: A couple of chances for rain
Issued July 16, 2018: Covering the period from July 18 to 25
The only glitch in last week’s forecast was the slightly cooler-than-expected air that moved in behind a cold front last Monday. Otherwise, the forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models predicted. To begin this forecast period, the area of high pressure that brought us some relief from the heat will have moved
Bezte: How do tornadoes form?
In our peak tornado months, cold air remains close by for severe storm development
For this article I thought it was time that we continue our look at severe thunderstorms, and specifically the deadliest part: tornadoes. The word tornado for most people brings about a feeling of awe and even a little fear. Unless you have already witnessed a tornado firsthand, many who are interested in weather secretly wish
Forecast: Warm weather looks to continue
Issued July 9, 2018: Covering the period from July 11 to 18
This forecast period looks like it will be a repeat of last week’s weather. Last week began with an area of low pressure bringing clouds along with showers and thundershowers. This was then followed by a return to sunshine and warming temperatures that culminated in the really hot and humid weather we experienced last Saturday.
Will this heat continue through the summer?
Mean monthly temperatures for June 2018 were about what we’d normally see in July
After a warm to hot May across the Prairies, the question on most weather minds was whether we would pay the price for the nice May or the heat would continue. As it turned out, the heat continued throughout much of June, with the warmest weather recorded right here in our part of the Prairies.
Forecast: Warm weather to stick around
Issued July 2, 2018: Covering the period from July 4 to 11, 2018
After a fairly active period that brought a mix of sun and clouds along with scattered showers and thundershowers, it looks like things will settle down a bit for this forecast period. We’ll begin this forecast period with one last area of low pressure moving across our region on Wednesday. Expect clouds and showers along
The difference between heat waves and hot spells
Mid-June this year has definitely met the temperature criteria for a heat wave
It has been pretty hot across a large portion of the Prairies over the last month or so. After a cold start to April, temperatures began to heat up, with May coming in well above average across all three Prairie provinces. The recorded daily temperatures during May and until June 24 show most locations have
Forecast: Warm weather looks set to continue
Forecast issued June 25, covering June 27 to July 4
Once again, the weather models did a good job predicting the weather over the last week. We did see warm/hot temperatures move in late last week and into the first half of the weekend. A number of places also experienced thundershowers and storms late Friday and Saturday afternoon, but as forecast, there just weren’t the
Forecast: Warm-to-hot weather to dominate
Issued June 18, 2018: Covering the period from June 20 to 27, 2018
We definitely experienced showers and thundershowers last Friday as predicted, but with warmer-than-expected temperatures, and with higher humidities, the thundershowers became thunderstorms, with some becoming fairly severe across a number of regions. For this forecast period we’ll see a building ridge of high pressure bring plenty of sunshine and warm/hot temperatures. Expect daytime highs to
A quick look back at May weather, then clouds
The mean monthly temperature for May 2017 was much cooler than in May 2018
Believe it or not, I got into a disagreement with someone about how nice/bad May’s weather was/has been. The person in question was positive that last May was nicer than this May. This brings me back to the whole notion of the weather brain, or weather memory. Just like most things in life, we tend