Summer trying to take hold

The active weather pattern we’ve been in for the last week or so looks as if it will continue for most of this forecast period. This makes it tough to forecast, as the weather models are struggling to come to an agreement on the timing, intensity and track of several different storm systems. A large

Hit-and-miss long weekend

Last week’s forecast turned out to be fairly accurate; the only thing that was off was the amount of warming we saw on Sunday and Monday. The first half of this forecast period will be controlled by a large area of low pressure that will develop to our west. While the weather models have been


Average spring weather

This forecast period will start with us seeing a predominantly westerly flow. To our north there will be an area of high pressure, while to our south we’ll see several weak areas of low pressure moving by within the westerly flow. This makes the first part of the forecast period a little tough to figure

Mild, dry weather to continue to month’s end

It looks like we’ll be back into a mild weather pattern for the next couple of weeks. It also looks like we’ll be remaining on the dry side, with no large storm systems showing up on any of the medium- to long-range weather models. It’s a little too soon to start worrying, but after the


Dry pattern to continue, but with cooler temperatures

It looks like this forecast period will start off on the mild side, but if the long-range models are correct it could be the last mild weather we see for a while. Low pressure tracking across the northern Prairies will bring a mild flow of southerly air during the middle and later part of this

No Big Cool-Downs… At Least, Not Yet

The main weather story for this forecast period will be the chance for our first real shot of snow this weekend. Weather for the middle part of this week looks to be rather quiet, as a large region of high pressure sits to our south and low pressure spins off the West Coast. Without any


Forecast – for Sep. 8, 2011

Last week’s forecast turned out pretty much as expected, with the only exception being that it was slightly cooler than forecast over the weekend. Luckily, the start of this forecast period is playing out toward the warm end of the weather models. These weather models were having a hard time trying to figure out what

Forecast – for Jun. 23, 2011

Well, it felt a little more summerlike this past week and some areas were able to dry out, but other areas got hammered once again with heavy rains coming in the form of thunderstorms. In what seems to be a pattern this spring, we are once again starting this forecast period with a strong and


Forecast – for May. 12, 2011

It’s another tough forecast as a large and slow-moving area of low pressure will be the dominant weather maker for our region during the first half of this forecast period. It looks like our cool, wet spring weather will continue at least for a little while longer. As we mentioned last week, a large area

Forecast – for Mar. 31, 2011

Cool high pressure that brought plenty of sunshine and cool temperatures to our region over the last week or so looks as if it will begin to weaken and move off to the East around the middle of this week. This will have two effects on our weather. First we will see temperatures warm up