No more upper lows – but still unsettled

No more upper lows – but still unsettled

Covering: July 2 – July 9, 2014

By the time this forecast period rolls around it looks like we’ll finally be finished with upper lows. I can’t promise this will be the last one we’ll see, but the current weather models aren’t showing any more, at least out to the middle of July. This doesn’t mean we won’t see more rain. This

Expect plenty of Arctic air

Weather forecast for week of Nov. 21

With most regions now having at least a light covering of snow, it’s definitely starting to look like winter. Combine the snow cover with a couple of shots of arctic air and this forecast period is going to start feeling like winter too! The area of low pressure expected to help bring mild weather to


No significant storms in sight

Weather forecast for week of Nov. 11, 2013

Last week’s forecast pretty much fell apart after the weekend, as a very strong area of arctic high pressure dropped southeastward, bringing the coldest air of the season to all areas. Luckily this area of high pressure moved through quickly, resulting in only a day or two of cold air. This forecast period looks to

Southern ridge pattern developing

Southern ridge pattern developing

Weekly weather forecast for July 15, 2013

The only thing that prevented us from climbing into the low 30s last week was the extra cloud sticking around, along with the fairly high humidities. For this forecast period it looks like summer wants to stick around. The ridge of high pressure that has been periodically building and weakening over the western U.S. is


Big storms should stay away this week

While the weather across our region was relatively quiet last week, the weather pattern as a whole was not behaving quite like I predicted it would. Last week I pointed out that we were now into a summer pattern with weaker weather systems and more thunderstorms. We definitely saw more thunderstorms last week, along with

Seasonable temperatures ahead

Daniel Bezte's weekly forecast

Last week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected, with a couple of small but significant differences. The area of low pressure that affected southern and central regions on Thursday and Friday ended up being stronger than anticipated. This allowed for more cold air to work in behind the system, bringing fairly widespread frosts on


Is the jet stream getting stuck more often?

It’s best to hope these ‘blocking patterns’ don’t become the norm This is one of those weeks when I’m just not sure what to write about, so I thought I’d discuss some ongoing weather research that just might help us understand how we could go from a record-warm March to a record-cold April in just

Warmer weather on the horizon?

If you’re hoping for a warm spring-like forecast, then you better stop reading right here. The area of low pressure that looked to bring some stormy weather around Wednesday of this week came in off the Pacific as predicted, but took a much more northerly route. This prevented the system from tapping into a lot


Winter’s still hanging on

It looks like spring is going to take its time moving in this year. The main weather story for this forecast period is cool arctic high pressure, which looks to be the dominant player. A large ridge of arctic high pressure has been dominating our weather for the last week and looks as if it

Are we in for a mid-month cold snap?

Well, it looks like the models were a little off with the storm system that affected southern Manitoba during the start of this week. While initially the models had this low staying weak and tracking through southern regions, the low was able to tap into some deep moisture from the south which allowed it to