Insights and Stories on Precipitation

Prairie forecast: Battle between warm and cold

Jan. 8, 2025 at 9:31 am CST

For this forecast period, the weather models have been bouncing back and forth between a return to cold weather after a brief mid-week warmup or a return to the mild weather pattern we saw during much of December. The models have been slowly converging towards the milder solutions, but at this point confidence in the second half of this forecast period is low.

Prairie forecast: Colder weather moving in with the New Year

Dec. 31, 2024 at 9:28 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Mild, quiet holidays expected

Dec. 24, 2024 at 9:57 am CST

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Prairie forecast: Cold start, but then turning mild

Dec. 18, 2024 at 9:50 am CST

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Prairie forecast: Cold start for the east, overall warm, dry expected

Dec. 11, 2024 at 10:18 am CST

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Prairie forecast: Short cold snap, then warmer

Nov. 27, 2024 at 8:36 am CST

For this forecast period, it looks like some of the coldest air of the season is on its way to Saskatchewan while most of Alberta and Manitoba appear to miss the really cold stuff. The weather models are not showing any strong storm systems impacting the region but there a few weak systems that may bring a light shot of snow here and there.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Winter settles in

Nov. 20, 2024 at 9:57 am CST

You might be happy to know (or maybe not) that for this forecast period we should see a quieter but colder weather pattern across the Prairies. Arctic high pressure will be pulled southwards behind the eastern Prairie low and brings the first really taste of winter.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Mild weather returns

Nov. 6, 2024 at 11:27 am CST

The weather models are showing an area of low pressure tracking across northern Canada on Wednesday and Thursday. This, combined with a digging trough of low pressure off the West Coast, will open the door for mild air to flood across the Prairies—first from the Pacific then from the western U.S.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Warmer weather to continue

Oct. 30, 2024 at 9:41 am CDT

For this forecast period, as we work into what's often the first month of winter across the Prairies, it looks like the current warmer and drier-than-average pattern of the last two months will continue. Now, to be fair, we need to realize that we are transitioning into winter. Average temperatures are cooling, so though the forecasting is calling for above-average temperatures, those temperatures are getting cooler and cooler.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Mild pattern trying to hold on

Oct. 23, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

This forecast starts with an area of low pressure over northern Ontario and a resulting push of cool air over the eastern half of the Prairies. Over the western half of the Prairies, a weak ridge of high pressure is moving in. This will bring sunny skies and average or above average temperatures.

By Daniel Bezte