What are the odds for big snowfalls?

As we’ve been learning over the years, certain weather-related questions sound simple enough, but when you actually start to look at the question, it becomes tougher to figure out. Take trying to figure out when winter actually begins: the tough part is how to define just what constitutes the start of winter. Should it be

Expect more heavy summer rainfalls

When we think about severe summer weather we almost always think of damaging winds and hail. While these two features can result in severe damage, the kind of damage is often highly localized. One thing about severe summer weather that we tend not to think about, until it creeps up on us, is heavy or


Warmer temperatures ahead

It looks like this forecast period will start off with another Alberta clipper. This low is forecast to track across North Dakota on Wednesday, bringing a shot of light snow to southern regions of Manitoba. As with the other clipper systems, only a couple centimetres of snow are expected. It doesn’t look as though we’ll

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


Dry to December, then Alberta Clippers: AccuWeather

AccuWeather.com forecasts that following the third-warmest winter on record in Canada last year, snow and cold will make a comeback across much of the nation this winter. In a forecast issued Oct. 17, the U.S.-based firm said slightly colder-than-normal weather with near-normal snow is predicted for most of the Prairie region, which was the warmest

Early snow doesn’t equal snowy winter

It seemed to catch pretty much everyone by surprise, including yours truly. What looked to be an innocent area of low pressure, expected to stay well to the southeast of Manitoba late last week, ended up bringing the first taste of winter to much of eastern and south-central Manitoba. Most of southeastern Manitoba saw a


A more winter-like pattern

As I pointed out in last week’s forecast, it looks as if our general weather pattern has definitely undergone a switch to what looks to be a bit more active. This could mean we’ll finally get some much-needed precipitation. Eastern regions saw some of this precipitation last week when a Colorado low brought upwards of

Spring Can Give Us Some Heavy Snow

With spring starting to make itself felt across the region and all the talk about the deep snow and flood potential, I thought I would bring up what could be an alarming weather fact: some of our heaviest snowfalls occur during the spring! I thought I would dig back into the weather records and share


Forecast – for Mar. 17, 2011

The weather pattern looks as if it will continue to be fairly active during this forecast period. After seeing a rather strong area of low pressure push through southern and central regions late last week, which luckily brought more wind than snow, it looks like another low will move through during the middle of this

Forecast – for Nov. 25, 2010

Another week has gone by and it looks like the weather models were fooled by Mother Nature. Last week I said the models were showing snow for our region late in the week and we did see some significant amounts of snow, but I also pointed out we would likely see things dry out after