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Prairie forecast: Spring battle between warm and cold continues

Mar. 19, 2025 at 10:18 am CDT

For this forecast period the weather models are showing a fairly quiet weather pattern will only a couple of chances of light snow as weak systems track along the boundary between the cold Arctic air to our north and milder air to the south. This is the big question mark for this forecast period: just where will this boundary be?

U.S. forecaster sees neutral weather conditions persisting through summer

Mar. 13, 2025 at 10:16 am CDT

By Reuters

Prairie forecast: Dreaded Colorado low on the radar

Mar. 12, 2025 at 10:27 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Very mild west, slowly warming east

Mar. 5, 2025 at 10:22 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Spring weather to dominate first half of March

Mar. 3, 2025 at 3:40 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie forecast: Mild and dry west – unsettled start to the east

Feb. 26, 2025 at 10:23 am CST

In recent days the weather models have leaned towards the mild weather sticking around. The the main medium to long range forecast models are calling for a warmer than average March across the Prairies. Maybe we are seeing an early start to spring.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Cold snap coming to an end

Feb. 19, 2025 at 9:38 am CST

For this forecast period, as predicted a week ago, we're finally going to see an end to this long cold snap. The polar vortex is weakening and is forecasted to move off to the east. This will allow for a strong push of mild Pacific air to flood across the Prairies. It should bring temperatures above freezing to Alberta beginning early in the forecast period. Near to above freezing temperatures should move into Saskatchewan and Manitoba over the weekend.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Cold high pressure to dominate

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9:30 am CST

Unfortunately, it looks like the cold weather will stick around for at least this forecast period. Maybe a little bit longer. There are some signs of this pattern breaking down near the end of the month, so let’s keep our fingers crossed.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Midwinter cold settles in

Feb. 5, 2025 at 9:25 am CST

We start this forecast period off with plenty of cold air in place, which is a 180-degree change from a week ago. Saskatchewan and Manitoba will also have to deal with a disturbance on Wednesday and Thursday that may bring upwards of 15 cm of fluffy snow.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Weekend low to bring snow to swaths of the Prairies

Jan. 29, 2025 at 10:23 am CST

We start this forecast period off with plenty of warm air in place across much of the Prairies. We continue to see areas of low pressure dropping southeastward from the western territories into northwestern Ontario with high pressure still in place across the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada.

By Daniel Bezte