Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie forecast: More typical mid-winter weather

Jan. 17, 2024 at 8:22 am CST

For this forecast period it looks like it'll simply be winter--not bone chilling cold, but not springtime warm. The general pattern that appears to be developing across the prairies is showing warm air trying to push northeastwards out of the western U.S., but with a northwesterly flow across the prairies, it looks like there will be a parade of cold, arctic high-pressure systems dropping southeastwards every few of days. The question is, just how far north will the warm air push, or for far south will the arctic air push?

Western Canada’s dry winter heralds worsening drought for 2024

Jan. 16, 2024 at 3:54 pm CST

By Nia Williams Reuters Rod Nickel

Prairie forecast: Frigid temperatures moving in

Jan. 10, 2024 at 9:19 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Winter temperatures moving in

Jan. 3, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Forecast map showing warmer winter temperatures across Canada.

Warmer winter likely across Canada

Jan. 2, 2024 at 3:22 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie forecast: One more week of above average temperatures

Dec. 27, 2023 at 10:23 am CST

As we head into a new year, it's looking like this could be the last mild forecast period before a switch to a more typical winter weather pattern. As usual, there is always a fair bit of uncertainty in forecasts beyond seven or so days, but we all knew that at some point we'd see some cold wintery weather move in.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Mild and dry weather right through to the New Year

Dec. 20, 2023 at 10:08 am CST

The holiday weather picture is starting to shape up, and if you're hoping for a perfect Christmas day with falling snow, I wouldn’t get my hopes up. If you are hoping for a continuation of mild winter weather, then it looks like you are in luck.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Mild and dry weather right up to the holidays

Dec. 13, 2023 at 9:29 am CST

Here is the big picture: there are two current storm tracks across North America. The first, which is well to our north, is the storm track that would normally be across our region. So far this winter, it has been displaced to our north – one of the reasons we have been dry. The second storm track is well to the south across the southern U.S. This places us under a rather slack flow as we oscillate between pushes of warm and cool air with each passage of low-pressure to our north.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Average to above average temperatures to continue

Dec. 6, 2023 at 8:56 am CST

With no big storm system impacting our region, the weather models have been doing a good job with the forecasts over the last few weeks. As we start to move closer and closer towards the middle of winter, the longer we can keep the warm air around, the shorter we can hope winter will be. With that said, here is what the big picture is looking like over the next seven or so days.

By Daniel Bezte

Weather Network predicts mild winter, with caveats

Nov. 30, 2023 at 6:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Strong El Niño conditions that have developed in the Pacific Ocean would typically lead to a milder winter across Canada — but other factors this year could challenge that outlook, according to the winter forecast from The Weather Network, released Wednesday. The winter forecast features a mild start […]

By MarketsFarm