June was warmer than July on average

In this month's outlook, the CFS model calls for around-average temperatures and above-average precipitation

If you remember back to May, one of the comments about what June’s weather might be like was the possibility of instant summer. That is exactly what happened across the Prairies in June. Right from the beginning of the month, it felt like we just left spring and jumped right into the middle of summer.

Forecast: Here we see a weather pattern trying to change

Forecast issued Jan. 13, 2023 • Covering the period from Jan. 18 to 25, 2023

The last forecast period turned out not too badly, considering the weak flow pattern across our region. I said we were going to see a lot of clouds with occasional shots of light snow and, for the most part, that is what we got. On the plus side, temperatures were a little warmer than forecast.

Forecast: Weather models struggling

Forecast issued August 26, 2022, covering August 31 to September 7, 2022

It seems a little early for weather models to be struggling with forecasts, but that has been happening in the last several weeks. For the third consecutive week, the weather models appeared to have settled on a stable forecast, only to have small changes grow and magnify and totally change the forecast. That’s chaos theory


Forecast: Are more thunderstorms ahead?

Forecast issued Aug. 19, 2022, covering Aug. 24-31, 2022

For the second week in a row, the forecast kind of fell apart. The culprits this time around were a couple of innocent small upper-level lows. Last issue’s forecast began with mention of some slight instability. Well, that instability manifested itself as an upper low that tracked through our region on Aug. 15, setting off

A mixed outlook for July and August

The long-range forecasts from various sources are all over the map, meaning confidence is low

I don’t know about you, but June seemed to go by in a flash. It is hard to believe we are halfway through 2022, and depending on where you live across the Prairies, it has been a very interesting first six months. So, how did the numbers add up for June? Starting in Alberta and