Weather around the globe in 2012 — part three

Ileft off last week in our look back at 2012 weather worldwide by discussing the record-low Arctic sea ice extent last September. Moving on to October, far and away the biggest weather story of that month was Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, which ended up causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage along the eastern seaboard of the

Warm start, cold end to month?

The beginning of the new year is always a busy time when writing about the weather. In the last issue I started writing about the top worldwide weather stories for each month in 2012 and it will take another issue or two to finish that up. Environment Canada has also come out with its top


Weather models still having trouble

We have been stuck in a split flow for several weeks now and this has kept our weather relatively quiet. The southern stream has kept any significant moisture from making its way northward, so any storm systems tracking along the northern stream have not been very strong or able to produce much in the way

Memories of the “dust bowl” recalled as drought grips U.S. Great Plains

Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions and many say the outlook is getting worse

Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust clouds. “There were places you could not see, it was blowing so hard,” Faulkner said. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so


World weather 2012 – Part I

The biggest worldwide story last March was the “summer-in-March” heat wave 
that brought record-setting temperatures to much of central and eastern North America

Usually around this time Environment Canada comes out with its top weather stories that occurred in Canada this past year. While I will do an article on this topic once it is released, I thought for now that I would take a look back at 2012 and summarize some of the major weather stories that

Holiday weather gift ideas

Each year around this time I like to take a look at weather-related gift ideas. I’m a little bit behind this year, but there is still plenty of time to order something weather related for that special person on your gift list. Personally, I think that Ambient Weather (www.ambientweather.com) has probably the most complete list


Plenty of chances for snow

It looks as though this forecast period will be another tough one to figure out. The weather models have been fairly consistent with the general pattern, but are all over the place with the placement of the different systems. So once again, confidence in this forecast is not very high. Temperatures should slowly warm during



What goes into a 35-year snowfall?

Hopefully you read last week’s weather article and have been attempting to make a few weather forecasts of your own. Some of you might wonder why last week’s article wasn’t all about the snowstorm that affected much of southern and central Manitoba. It has to do with deadlines; due to Remembrance Day I had an

Warm start, cool end to week

I have to begin this week’s forecast by saying the overall confidence in the forecast is not that high! The different weather models have not been very consistent from model run to model run, which means it is a tough period to forecast. The models show an area of low pressure moving across the southern