Forecast – for Mar. 24, 2011

Another tough forecast, at least to start this forecast period. One of the big weather-makers to affect this forecast period will be just winding up on Wednesday. As a number of you know, I have to complete this forecast on Monday in order to meet the newspaper’s publishing deadline. As I write this there is

Forecast – for Mar. 3, 2011

To understand the forecast for this period you need to create the following picture in your mind’s eye. Out west off the coast of southern B.C. is a large area of low pressure that will basically remain in place as new storms push in from the Pacific to help fortify this system. To our northwest,


Some Of My Favourite Weather Websites

With the fairly quiet weather we’ve been experiencing lately, I thought we could take a little bit of break this week and look at some of my favourite weather-related websites. Some people claim that the Internet creates more problems than it solves, but if you are a weather enthusiast the Internet opens up a world

Forecast – for Sep. 30, 2010

As September comes to an end and we enter the first true full month of fall, it looks like Mother Nature will be giving us a little bit of payback. After what was for most of us a cool and wet September, it looks like October will start off sunny and warm. A ridge of


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

Forecast – for Jul. 29, 2010

It is looking like the first half of this forecast period will be warm and unsettled. The weather models are showing several chances of showers and thunderstorms as a couple of small areas of low pressure move through our forecast region. The first of these lows is forecasted to move through around Friday with a



Issued: Monday, June 15, 2009 Covering: June 17 –June 24

Maybe I should be a pessimist more often. After months and months of trying to see the best possible outcomes in the weather models, last week I finally gave in, went to the dark side and what happens? The weather ends up taking the optimistic path! The big question that’s now on most people’s minds


Issued: Monday, March 23, 2009 Covering: March 25 –April 1

The models certainly were correct over a week ago when they started to point towards a major spring storm for our region early this week. The problem now is trying to create a forecast for the upcoming week when this storm system is still evolving. The reason creating a forecast will be so difficult is

Issued: Monday, February 2, 2009 Covering: February 4 –February 11

Last week’s forecast turned out pretty good, so let’s hope this week’s forecast fares just as well. It looks like my gut feeling about cold weather to start the week was correct, but fortunately, it doesn’t look like this cold weather will stick around. By Wednesday a strong area of low pressure will cross through