Pressure ridge may bring July heat wave

The weather models have been bouncing around over the last week, but over the last couple of days they seem to be coming into agreement on the forecast — and that forecast is for good old summer weather. The models show the upper ridge of high pressure, which brought plenty of sunshine and warming temperatures

An active weather pattern continues

Depending on where you are in the province, last week’s forecast was either right on the money or off by a little bit. We saw the heat until Thursday as predicted, but over the weekend some regions saw nothing but rain and thunderstorms, while other regions saw only a little bit of rain and plenty


Summer trying to take hold

The active weather pattern we’ve been in for the last week or so looks as if it will continue for most of this forecast period. This makes it tough to forecast, as the weather models are struggling to come to an agreement on the timing, intensity and track of several different storm systems. A large

Hit-and-miss long weekend

Last week’s forecast turned out to be fairly accurate; the only thing that was off was the amount of warming we saw on Sunday and Monday. The first half of this forecast period will be controlled by a large area of low pressure that will develop to our west. While the weather models have been


Expect some fairly typical spring weather

The forecast for the start of this week was initially showing a large western low staying to our south. This didn’t pan out as the models indicated. Instead, the western low tracked right through southern Manitoba, bringing clouds, showers and cooler temperatures. By the middle of this week high pressure should be back in charge,

Last week’s forecast didn’t quite play out as expected, but it was close. The big thing that affected the forecast was the positioning of the area of high pressure that slid down from the Arctic. Instead of moving directly over Manitoba it shifted to the east by a few hundred kilometres. This allowed the western


High pressure to dominate this week

For most of this forecast period it looks like our weather will be dominated by high pressure. This will result in dry conditions, with temperatures starting out on the cool side and slowly warming to around average for this time of the year. A deepening area of low pressure over Eastern Canada will help an

Average spring weather

This forecast period will start with us seeing a predominantly westerly flow. To our north there will be an area of high pressure, while to our south we’ll see several weak areas of low pressure moving by within the westerly flow. This makes the first part of the forecast period a little tough to figure


Short warming, then cooler

After a fairly cold start to the week it looks like our weather will return to warmer conditions. The big question is whether we will see any precipitation. The cold arctic air mass that moved in late last weekend, behind the storm system that brought some significant snow to parts of Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba,

How ice loss influences the jet stream

I’ve spent a fair bit of time discussing the record warm weather we experienced in March over the last few weeks. We’ve looked at just what led to this remarkable weather and we discussed just how intense it really was. The fact that we saw temperatures that were between three and four standard deviations above