Thunderstorms And Hail

With plenty of severe weather occurring all across the Canadian Prairies this summer, I thought we should go back and take a look at some of the aspects of severe summer weather. The first thing that pops into my mind when it comes to severe summer weather is thunderstorms.Thunderstorms can bring several types of destructive

Time To Think About Severe Weather

Last issue we began our look into severe weather and ended our discussion by introducing tornadoes. Over the last week there have been several outbreaks of severe weather over central and eastern parts of the U.S., with dozens of tornadoes reported and nearly 50 people killed. While this is still well to our south, it


Severe Weather Season About To Begin

In trying to decide what weather tidbit we should look at this week, I hummed and hawed about the ongoing flooding, but decided the regular news is covering that topic nicely. So far this spring has been fairly uneventful, with little in the way of unusual weather. It hasn’t been overly cold and it definitely

Rain, Snow, Tornadoes

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to


Severe Weather: Tornadoes

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a B. A. (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans

Warm and dry or cold and wet in 2009?

As we begin a new year, instead of looking back at what the weather was like during 2008, let us peer into the “weatherperson’s” crystal ball and see what the weather might have in store for us in 2009. To do this I usually rely on four different long-range weather forecasts: Environment Canada (EC), the