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

Provincial control structure on Tobacco Creek. photos: submitted

Reflecting on the flood that didn’t happen

After dire predictions and many preparations on both sides of the border, citizens have started breathing a huge sigh of relief. Unless we receive very large levels of precipitation in the coming days, the threat of flooding seems to have been alleviated. Some of us are just relieved; others are asking why the forecasts were



A wet few days ahead

It looks more and more likely that the second half of this week will be fairly wet across most of southern and central Manitoba. The main questions are just how much rain, where will it fall, and how long will it last? The weather models have been fairly consistent with developing another cut-off low over


2013: The year without a spring?

Back in 2004 we had the year without a “proper” summer. Last winter it was probably the closest we could come to a year without a winter. Maybe this year it’s going to be the year without a spring. The longer we remain in what can only be described as a “deep freeze,” the better

Well-below-average temperatures to continue

This is probably one of the toughest forecasts I have had to write in a long time. First of all, it’s tough because the weather is not looking that great over the next seven to 10 days; secondly, because the weather models have been all over the place with each model run! This forecast period



A cold, wet April outlook

Well, if you think March was colder than average, you were right! In March 2013, temperatures across southern and central Manitoba averaged as much as 5 C below the long-term average. The last time we saw any month that was more than 2° below average was back in March of 2011. So we’ve had a


Spring forecasts ‘all over the place!’

So far this spring winter has been able to keep a fairly good grip on most of the three Prairie provinces. While there has been the odd day here and there with above-freezing temperatures, we haven’t seen any significant melting taking place yet. On the other side of the coin, with the exception of a

Is there a cold, snowy March ahead?

Another month has come and gone as we slowly make our way toward spring. So far we have made it through the three official months of winter, and if you were to listen to the general population talking you’d think it was a cold, nasty winter. So, let’s look back and see just how cold