It’s becoming more and more evident we are moving into the transition phase between fall and winter, as the weather models have a tougher time figuring out the forecast. The first part of last issue’s forecast was pretty good, but the timing of the systems then started to slip. This forecast period will begin with
Cooler air keeps trying to move in
Issued: Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 · Covering: Oct. 21 – Oct. 28, 2015
Expect cool weather to dominate
Issued: Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 · Covering: Oct. 14 – Oct. 21, 2015
Warm, dry weather moved in over the first half of the Thanksgiving long weekend as expected, but after that things kind of went a little awry. A strong area of low pressure helped to boost temperatures into the low to mid-20s, but instead of tracking through northern Manitoba, last weekend’s low took a much more
Main storm track remains to our north
Issued: Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 · Covering: Oct. 7 – Oct. 14, 2015
There were a couple of issues with last week’s forecast. The first was the strength of the area of high pressure that moved through our region and took up position over Ontario late in the week. The second was a weak upper low that kind of got stuck on the western edge of the Ontario
Another week of nice fall weather
Issued: Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 · Covering: Sept. 30 – Oct. 7, 2015
Medium-range weather models have again done a darned good job getting the big picture right. We saw a large low track across the north late last week into this week, bringing strong southerly winds along with very warm temperatures to all of Manitoba Friday and Saturday. As advertised, a cold front pushed through Sunday, bringing
Unsettled start, then sunny and mild
Issued: Monday, September 21, 2015 – Covering: September 23 – September 30, 2015
The mild September weather continued with last week’s forecast coming in pretty darned close to bang-on. For those of you hoping for dry, mild weather to continue, it looks like you’ll be in luck! It looks more and more like the current weather pattern will continue at least into early October, with the main storm
Unsettled weather to start, then sunny and mild
Issued: Monday, September 14, 2015 – Covering: September 16 – September 23, 2015
After a very warm weekend, in which most locations across southern and central Manitoba came close to or even broke a few record-high temperatures, it looks like things will cool down a little bit for this forecast period. That said, it still looks like it’ll be fairly nice for the middle of September. This forecast
Will average weather conditions continue into fall?
Environment Canada sees above-average temperatures this month across the south
Another month has come and gone, so it’s time to do our monthly look back, then look ahead to see what might be in store for us in September and rest of the fall season. It’s also the end of summer (June through August) so we’ll also take a look back at the summer of
Warm weather returns to the Prairies late next week
Issued: Monday, August 31, 2015 – Covering: September 2 – September 9, 2015
Last week’s forecast once again played out fairly close to what was predicted, but with a couple of timing issues. For example, the cold front forecasted for last Sunday was a little slow and didn’t push through until Monday morning. This forecast period is going to start off on the warm side, with high temperatures
El Niño and its impact on our weather
Last weekend, while we were waiting for the Riding Mountain Triathlon to start, a thunderstorm rolled through the region, forcing everyone to run for shelter. Two weather-related story ideas came to me while waiting for the storm to move out and the race to begin. The first I’ve already talked about in the past: safety
An unsettled weekend ahead
The first half of last week’s forecast played out as expected, with plenty of warm weather late in the week followed by some stormy weather over the weekend. Cool weather then moved in at the start of this week. Unfortunately — or fortunately, for those who like it a little cooler — it looks like