Extreme Heat Around The World – for Aug. 12, 2010

We have seen some hot weather here in Western Canada this year, but nothing that unusual or record breaking. This is not the case over a large portion of Asia this summer. I guess it’s not surprising that we would see some all-time national temperature records being broken this year, since the Earth as a

Extreme Heat Around The World – for Aug. 12, 2010

We have seen some hot weather here in Western Canada this year, but nothing that unusual or record breaking. This is not the case over a large portion of Asia this summer. I guess it’s not surprising that we would see some all-time national temperature records being broken this year, since the Earth as a


Average July — Warm August – for Aug. 5, 2010

Another month has come and gone and, from a weather point of view, I think the best way to sum up July would be to say that it was typical. We saw some rain, a few severe storms, plenty of sunshine, and clouds for that matter, and relatively warm temperatures. What we didn’t see were

Issued: Monday, July 19, 2010 Covering: July 21 –July 28

Last week’s forecast continues to play out pretty much as advertised. For the first half of this forecast period, our weather will be dominated by weak areas of low and high pressure. The end result of this will be a tricky forecast as it will be difficult to predict how much sun or clouds any


Cold And Hot In 2009

The weather page is prepared by Daniel Bezte. Dan has a BA Honours degree in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He has taught climate and weather classes at the U of W, and is a guest climate expert on CJOB’s morning show with Larry Updike. Daniel runs a computerized weather station

Issued: Monday, June 22, 2009 Covering: June 24 –July 1

We all knew that summer would eventually get here, but I don’t think anyone would have guessed that she would make such a grand entrance! Looking ahead to the next seven to 10 days, it looks like the early summer heat wave will be sticking around. Sunshine and hot weather will dominate the forecast region


Weather Has A Way Of Evening Out

The weather page is prepared by Daniel Bezte. Dan has a BA Honours degree in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He has taught climate and weather classes at the U of W, and is a guest climate expert on CJOB’s morning show with Larry Updike. Daniel runs a computerized weather station

Natural Trend Or Global Warming?

During the win-ter months the one thing I probably hear the most in regard to global warming and climate change is “how can it be so cold if we are experiencing global warming?” or “we just broke a record low, where’s global warming now?” At first glance these comments kind of make sense. After all,