Monitoring thunderstorm movement

Storms can strengthen or weaken as they move. Use online and visual tools to track their movements


In the last issue we continued our look at thunderstorms and severe summer weather by examining the direction thunderstorms move. In this issue we’ll learn how to determine the strength of a thunderstorm. Pretty much any storm can produce severe weather. If there are severe thunderstorm watches or warnings out, and you see a storm

Masking thunderstorm movement

As summer slowly works its way back into our region, it’s time to pick up where we left off in our discussion of severe summer weather. In this article we’ll look at how we can predict which direction a thunderstorm might be moving. Trying to figure out just how intense a thunderstorm will be and


Looking at severe summer weather

Usually around this time of the year my mind turns to summer and summer weather. In particular, I start to think about thunderstorms and severe summer weather. This year, with the summer-in-March weather pattern, we saw some really early thunderstorms, but with the cooler April weather pattern things have settled down. Now, I don’t want

Active thunderstorm season?

Sometimes I’m as quick as the next person to jump all over weather forecasters when they’re way off the mark. It’s easy for us to notice when a forecast is wrong, but we rarely notice how often they are right. A lot of people are also quick to say how weather forecasting hasn’t really gotten


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

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


From Record Hot To Record Cold

The amazing summer weather that dominated the Prairies during the first week or so of September came to a freezing end by the middle of the month, as a strong area of Arctic high pressure brought the growing season to a close. After seeing record-high temperatures in many places across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta during

Warm And Dry Or Cold And Wet?

Last week we took an early look at the summer weather of 2011. This week we’ll review the final numbers for August, then peer ahead to see what might be shaping up weather-wise for September and the rest of the fall. We have to go back eight years to find an August that was as


Forecast – for Sep. 1, 2011

Typically as we begin to transition from one season to another, forecasting the weather becomes more difficult, and this year is no exception. After a fairly hot and dry summer, with little in the way of organized storm systems, it’s starting to look like this pattern will begin to break down as large fall storm

Forecast – for Aug. 25, 2011

It looks like we’ll see at least one more week of warm summer conditions before we start to feel the first taste of fall. High pressure will dominate most of our weather during this forecast period, bringing with it plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures. On Thursday and Friday we’ll see a weak area of