Roller-coaster ride settling into summer weather mode

Issued: Monday, May 25, 2015 – Covering: May 27 – June 3, 2015

You have to love spring across the Prairies. One day it’s cold and snowy and a few days later it feels like summer! It looks like our spring roller-coaster ride is going to continue, but it does appear the ride is coming to an end. After a beautiful weekend and first half of the week,

How are severe thunderstorms created?

All the ingredients can be in place, but good luck pinpointing where the storm will form

I’d said we were going to examine which weather conditions bring long-duration rainfall warnings, and also dig into some of the rainfall records from across southern and central Manitoba in this issue, but that topic will have to wait until next time. An early deadline for this issue due to the long weekend, combined with


Weather forecast predicts an unsettled pattern developing

Issued: Monday, May 11, 2015 – Covering: May 13 – May 20, 2015

Late last week and into the weekend we experienced a classic example of a small change in a weather system that ended up having a big impact on the weather. A large area of low pressure moved up and passed through our region late last week as forecast, but the system ended up being a

Showers and thundershowers in our forecast

Issued: Monday, May 4, 2015 – Covering: May 6 – May 13, 2015

Last week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected, with the only deviation from the weather models coming from the timing of the cold front that pushed across Manitoba over the weekend. The original forecast had the front coming through late Sunday, but instead it came through Saturday afternoon. We also saw temperatures make it


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Weather watchers keep eyes on the rural skies

Steinbach’s Storm Ready volunteer weather-spotter pilot program has been active since 2010. EMO and Environment Canada are working to see it expanded and taken up by more communities, say EMO officials

You’re a true weather hound if you volunteer to have a siren go off in your house whenever a storm is brewing. Blumenort resident Amy Ginn gets a rush of adrenalin every time she hears it — especially when it goes off in the middle of the night. “It does get your attention when it

Mild weather moves back in on the Prairies

Issued: Monday, April 27, 2015 – Covering: April 29 – May 6, 2015

Sometimes you just have to love the way the weather works out. Looking at last week’s forecast, depending on where you lived, it was either way off or perfect. For those of you who thought it was perfect, the predicted forecast wasn’t the reason why. When it comes to weather forecasting, sometimes you just can’t


Cool weather pattern returns

Issued: Monday, April 20, 2015 – Covering: April 22 – April 29, 2015

As the weather models predicted last week, a strong area of low pressure in both the lower and upper levels of the atmosphere has developed to our east over the Great Lakes. At first it looked like this low would be smaller and farther east, only bringing us a short shot of cold air, but

Mild weather should continue

Issued: Monday, April 13, 2015 – Covering: April 15 – April 22, 2015

The weather pattern played out a little quicker than forecast last week. The mild weather moved in as expected, but the cold front moved through on Sunday instead of Monday. For this forecast period it looks like the mild weather will continue, but the overall pattern, while mainly dry, will be fairly active. This means


Nice spring weather ahead

Issued: Monday, April 6, 2015 – Covering: April 8 – April 15, 2015

Arctic high pressure built into our region last weekend and into the early part of this week as expected, but what wasn’t expected was the strength and resultant cold air. Luckily, this arctic high will pull off to the east by the middle of this week, allowing milder air to move in again. Several large

Seasonal weather continues

Issued: Monday, Mar. 30, 2015 – Covering: April 1 – April 8, 2015

It looks more and more like our weather pattern is undergoing a slow but deliberate shift. While the West Coast ridge and East Coast trough are still dominating the weather, there has been an eastern push to the West Coast ridge, while the trough to our east begins to weaken. What this means for our