Will we finally see some cold?

Christmas has come and gone, December has come and gone, and 2011 is done, so we have a lot of weather to recap! In this issue we’ll only have room to discuss this December’s weather and then look ahead to see what January’s weather might be like. In the following issue we’ll take a look

Dry pattern to continue, but with cooler temperatures

It looks like this forecast period will start off on the mild side, but if the long-range models are correct it could be the last mild weather we see for a while. Low pressure tracking across the northern Prairies will bring a mild flow of southerly air during the middle and later part of this


Possible Trend Towards Later Winters?

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR The No. 1 question or comment I hear at this time of year is either when are we going to get snow that will stay? or I hear the normal time to get snow is November? you fill in the blank, as everyone seems to have a different date! Each year, I re-examine

Solar Dimming Can Trigger Freezing Winters

Acyclical drop in the sun s radiation can trigger unusually cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries prepare for blizzards. Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation measured by sunspots on


Overall Mild Conditions To Persist

The weather models have really been struggling with the overall pattern over the last week. For the first part of this forecast period, things look fairly quiet. Weak high pressure in place across our region, combined with a large area of low pressure well to our northeast, will bring a mix of sun and clouds

Patterns See Manitoba Slowly Sliding Into Winter

Last weekend s storm system came in exactly on time, but, as is usual with big storms, it ended up taking a track that none of the models predicted. Instead of moving to the northeast as these systems usually do, it drifted almost due north. The result of this was more precipitation over western and


There’s A Brutally Cold And Snowy Winter Ahead

With a good portion of agricultural Manitoba seeing the first snow of winter, I thought it might be a good idea to expand on last week s November weather outlook and take a look at what all the different forecasters predict for this upcoming winter. Will it be an easy winter with little snow and

Kraft Foods condemns commodity speculation

Strengthening La Nia to grip U.S.

Hamburg | Reuters – U.S. giant Kraft Foods supports moves to regulate speculation in commodity markets, says a senior executive of its European unit. We hope very much that politicians will make concrete decisions for more transparency and regulation in commodity markets in the G20 s finance ministers group up to the next summit meeting


No Big Cool-Downs… At Least, Not Yet

The main weather story for this forecast period will be the chance for our first real shot of snow this weekend. Weather for the middle part of this week looks to be rather quiet, as a large region of high pressure sits to our south and low pressure spins off the West Coast. Without any

Will The Warm, Dry Weather Continue?

October has come and gone and looking back, we could describe October s weather best by calling it the month of two tales, and fortunately for us, both of the tales were pretty good ones! We started off the month with record-breaking temperatures across pretty much all of agricultural Manitoba, with nearly every place breaking