Forecast – for Jan. 13, 2011

What was bad weather for Alberta last week was fairly good to us here in Manitoba. A broad region of low pressure developed over Western Canada last week and it decided to stick around. This kept the forecast arctic high and the resulting cold temperatures bottled up north. This persistent region of low pressure kept

New Winter Weather Pattern Normal

As we head into the holiday season, it seems there are some strange things going on with our world’s weather. Some people are describing it as upside-down weather or backward weather, and yet others are simply calling it bizarre weather. Any way you look at it, the weather over the past few weeks in the


Forecast – for Nov. 18, 2010

As we slowly move into winter it looks less and less like we will see a dramatic switch to full winter conditions. As each day goes by, the medium-range weather models show drier and drier conditions, along with only a moderate cooling trend. Earlier this month it was looking like the second half of November

Forecast – for Oct. 14, 2010

Last week’s forecast turned out to be pretty good. If anything, the weather ended up being even nicer than we thought it might be. Temperatures over the long weekend were above the long-term average and the only part of the forecast which was off a bit was that the area of low pressure forecast for

Forecast – for Sep. 30, 2010

As September comes to an end and we enter the first true full month of fall, it looks like Mother Nature will be giving us a little bit of payback. After what was for most of us a cool and wet September, it looks like October will start off sunny and warm. A ridge of


Forecast – for Sep. 23, 2010

After an unsettled start to the week it looks like the weather will start to settle down a little bit. Low pressure will have brought clouds and showers to pretty much all of agricultural Manitoba by Wednesday. Behind this low, high pressure should begin to build in, bringing sunny skies on Thursday. We will then

Forecast – for Sep. 2, 2010

There definitely seems to be a shift going on in our overall weather pattern as the atmosphere begins to take on a fall-like pattern. Currently it doesn’t look as though this September will see the amazing weather that we saw last year. By mid-week, the large area of low pressure that affected much of southern

Forecast – for Aug. 26, 2010

Once again, the forecast played out pretty much as expected. The only significant change was that the low-pressure system that started off this week was a little stronger than anticipated, which resulted in cooler-than-expected air being forced over our region behind the low. That cool air should start to move out of our region by


Forecast – for Aug. 19, 2010

Well, I don’t think we’ll have to worry about summer coming to an end and fall moving in just yet. After a little taste of fall over the weekend, it looks like summer will move back in by this weekend, and if the models hold true we should see summer- like conditions right through to

Issued: Monday, August 9, 2010 Covering: August 11 –August 18

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to