Anatomy Of A Heat Wave

It’s been a while since we’ve seen temperatures like we have over the last week or so. Going back through some of the weather records, the last time we saw temperatures this warm was back in July of 2007. With the forecast showing warm to hot conditions lasting all the way through to the end

Forecast – for Jul. 14, 2011

Last week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected. The biggest exception would be to the start of the week, as fairly cool air spilled southward behind the departing low. Hopefully this week’s forecast works out as well! The cool area of high pressure that brought refreshing conditions to start the week will move off


Forecast – for Jun. 23, 2011

Well, it felt a little more summerlike this past week and some areas were able to dry out, but other areas got hammered once again with heavy rains coming in the form of thunderstorms. In what seems to be a pattern this spring, we are once again starting this forecast period with a strong and

Forecast – for May. 26, 2011

Last week’s forecast started off exactly as the models predicted, but by the time the weekend rolled around things got a little off track. The weather models had predicted the large area of low pressure that affected us over the weekend, but they originally kept most of the clouds and rain to our south. Unfortunately,

Long Waves And Blocking Patterns

If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute.” This is probably one of the most used and often true statements made about the weather in our part of the world. We live in the zone that stretches right around the globe, where warm air moving northward battles it out with cold air surging


Forecast – for May. 19, 2011

With strong high pressure firmly in place across the Prairies it looks like the first half of this forecast period will be sunny, dry and warm. A strong blocking ridge of high pressure that brought plenty of sunshine and fairly mild temperatures over the weekend and into the start of the work week will continue

Forecast – for Apr. 14, 2011

After a fairly warm start to the week it looks like we will cool down once again to continue what’s turning out to be a cooler-than-average April. Arctic high pressure will slowly slide southward behind an area of low pressure which is forecast to move through north-central Manitoba during the middle of the week. This

Hudson Bay Freeze-Up Late

Around the middle of December I wrote an article discussing the phenomenon becoming known as the upside-down winter or the “hot Arctic, cold continent” winter. The continuation of the unusually snowy weather over much of the central and eastern portions of the U.S., and all the talk about whether it’s being caused by global warming


Forecast – for Feb. 10, 2011

It looks like we are going to stay on the lucky or good side of the battle between cold and warm air for most, if not all, of this forecast period. Considering last week’s weather I am going to lean toward the warmer forecast model for this period – let’s hope it’s right! The models

Forecast – for Jan. 20, 2011

The overall weather pattern over our part of the world has been acting a little strange over the last couple of weeks. While the general pattern hasn’t been unusual, it hasn’t been behaving in the usual way. Take the last couple of weeks. Normally when a strong arctic high begins building to our northwest, it