Last week’s system, which brought significant snow to west-central Manitoba, was originally forecast to travel much farther north. This more southerly route prevented the system from tapping into colder air, which is why we stayed fairly mild. I had also forecast a system to bring snow over the weekend to extreme southern and eastern regions
Forecast: Are we due for a pre-Christmas storm?
Issued: Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 – Covering Dec. 16 – Dec. 23, 2015
Forecast: A little more winter-like weather
Issued: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 – Covering Dec. 9 – Dec. 16, 2015
With little or no snow covering much of central and southern Manitoba, temperatures were able to climb well above anticipated highs last week. Several temperature records fell as a large blocking pattern brought plenty of sunshine along with mild Pacific air. These mild conditions look like they’ll persist a little longer before more seasonable temperatures
Mild weather pattern continues
Brandon and Dauphin saw near-average precipitation, with drier weather in the east
I know I’ve promised to take a look at big snowfall events for a while now, but I kind of forgot that the end of the month was coming and that’s typically when we do our look-back and look-ahead at our Prairie weather. Besides, the way the weather is going, it doesn’t look like we’ll
Forecast: With high pressure comes mild temperatures
Issued: Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 – Covering: Dec. 2 – Dec. 9, 2015
Plenty of sunshine along with fairly light snow cover allowed temperatures to moderate a little quicker than anticipated last weekend, with highs close to freezing in most areas and a few snow-free regions making it above freezing. For this forecast period it looks like the mild weather will continue. In fact, it looks like it
A look back at a record-shattering October
It’s now a foregone conclusion that 2015 will be the warmest year on record
I know I promised to look at big snowfalls that have occurred in the past, then look at the probabilities of receiving different amounts of snow, but there are a couple of global weather stories that I thought should take precedence. Remember when I reported that, for the first time in a while, the University
Weather forecast: Looks like a nice start to winter
Issued: Monday, Nov. 23, 2015 – Covering: Nov. 25 – Dec. 2, 2015
Last week’s forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models predicted. Winter arrived across southern and central Manitoba late last week, with the season’s first significant snowfall hitting central and eastern regions, while the southwest received just a dusting. Temperatures then fell to around average or even a little colder than average over
Weather forecast: Big switch in weather pattern is coming
Issued: Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 – Covering: Nov. 18 – Nov. 25, 2015
I’m not sure what cliché I should begin this forecast with. I could go with, “Sure hope you enjoyed last weekend’s weather,” or maybe, “We all knew this nice weather would come to an end eventually.” Or how about, “Don’t tempt Mother Nature by predicting that no storms will hit us!” (See last week’s forecast.)
Forecast: This mild fall weather will continue
Issued: Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 – Covering: Nov. 11 – Nov. 18, 2015
Once again, part of last week’s forecast was spot on, while other parts kind of missed the mark. Thanks to a rather persistent parade of low-pressure systems during much of last week, most regions began to feel like the West Coast and not sunny Manitoba! Most areas ended up seeing at least a few flakes
Forecast: Mild weather should continue into next week
Issued: Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 – Covering: Nov. 4 – Nov. 11, 2015
I’ll have to admit that last issue’s forecast didn’t work out very well as the atmosphere is transitioning to a more winter-like pattern. That pattern begins this forecast period as a Colorado low is forecasted to affect parts of our region during the first half of the week, bringing some winter weather along with it.
A nice Halloween weekend ahead
Issued: Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 · Covering: Oct. 28 – Nov. 4, 2015
Once again, the first part of last week’s forecast was reasonably accurate, then things fell apart a little during the second half, as the forecast low took a more southerly route. At this time of the year the big question on everyone’s mind is, when is winter going to show up? Well, the first couple