Forecast – for Jun. 2, 2011

The weather models have been having a fair bit of trouble lately and this looks to continue into this forecast period. Last week the models predicted a strong low forming to our west over the weekend, then moving to the northeast. This low did form, but farther south, and it moved in early, bringing the

Forecast – for May. 26, 2011

Last week’s forecast started off exactly as the models predicted, but by the time the weekend rolled around things got a little off track. The weather models had predicted the large area of low pressure that affected us over the weekend, but they originally kept most of the clouds and rain to our south. Unfortunately,


A Technical Look At Lightning

Iknow I mentioned in my last severe weather article that I would be doing a detailed discussion about tornadoes sometime soon, but that sometime is not this week. Instead, I’ve decided to look at a particular aspect of thunderstorms that everyone has seen, can be deadly but rarely is, and is probably one of the

The Beauty And Power Of Thunderstorms

So far this year in Manitoba we haven’t had the warm temperatures needed for thunderstorms, never mind severe thunderstorms with tornadoes. Farther south there have been some killer tornadoes over the central and southern U.S. This week we’ll continue our look at tornadoes and severe summer weather, but instead of me rambling on and giving


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


Forecast – for Aug. 26, 2010

Once again, the forecast played out pretty much as expected. The only significant change was that the low-pressure system that started off this week was a little stronger than anticipated, which resulted in cooler-than-expected air being forced over our region behind the low. That cool air should start to move out of our region by

Forecast – for Aug. 19, 2010

Well, I don’t think we’ll have to worry about summer coming to an end and fall moving in just yet. After a little taste of fall over the weekend, it looks like summer will move back in by this weekend, and if the models hold true we should see summer- like conditions right through to


Issued: Monday, August 9, 2010 Covering: August 11 –August 18

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

Forecast – for Aug. 5, 2010

It has been a tough couple of months for the weather models during what is usually a fairly easy time of year to forecast. The main reason for this is because there has not been a single strong controlling weather system that has dominated our weather this summer. Instead, we have been experiencing weak systems