Insights and Stories on Weekly Forecast Prairies

Jul. 17, 2023 at 1:29 pm CDT

The area of low pressure that was predicted to develop over central Alberta on Monday, July 17th still looks on track to develop. This will mean clouds and showers over north-central regions of Alberta late on Monday and into early Tuesday. There may be some thunderstorms overnight Monday over south-central […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 12, 2023 at 1:56 pm CDT

As the weather models correctly predicted, a large and extremely strong area of low pressure formed over Hudson Bay during the last forecast period, bringing the expected cool and unsettled weather to the eastern half of the Prairies. Over the western half of the Prairies a weak upper-level ridging brought, […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 5, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

Most people have been saying that June felt like July and the weather statistics agreed. Well, if the weather models are correct, it’s looking like July will feel more like June — at least for the next forecast period. Here is the big picture before we dive into the details […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 3, 2023 at 1:15 am CDT

The overall forecast remains on track across both Alberta and Saskatchewan, so only a small update is needed for Manitoba. Across Manitoba, the area of low pressure that has been tracking across the northern half of the Prairie provinces is now forecasted to take a little longer to exit this […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jun. 29, 2023 at 5:46 pm CDT

After a fairly active weather pattern over the last few days, at least across the eastern half of the Prairies, it looks like most regions will see much quieter few days to start off this forecast period. Weak upper-level ridging combine with a broad but weak area of surface high […]

By Daniel Bezte