Insights and Stories on Weekly Forecast Prairies

Sep. 20, 2023 at 1:03 pm CDT

Even with some uncertainty in the last forecast, the weather models did a surprisingly good job. At one point it looked like I was going to have to send out an update as the models started trending toward a cooler pattern, but they quickly reversed back to a warm pattern. […]

By Daniel Bezte

Sep. 13, 2023 at 2:02 pm CDT

As we work our way slowly into fall, we are starting to see a more fall-like pattern beginning to develop — especially when it comes to overnight lows. While the upcoming forecast does not look like we see a big fall cooldown, there is more and more deviation developing between […]

By Daniel Bezte

Sep. 7, 2023 at 2:39 pm CDT

The weather models seem to be in good agreement for this forecast period, with no strong storm systems expected to impact the Prairies, making for a fairly high-confidence forecast. This forecast period will start off with a generally west to southwesterly flow across the Prairies. A broad but weak area […]

By Daniel Bezte

Aug. 30, 2023 at 2:06 pm CDT

It’s a straightforward forecast for this period as the general weather pattern looks to be pretty quiet. It starts with a large area of high pressure centred over the Great Lakes with a weak area of low pressure over Alberta. The Great Lakes high will put sunny skies and warm […]

By Daniel Bezte

Aug. 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm CDT

Once again, the weather models are in good agreement so confidence in this forecast is fairly high. The only possible issue is that the different weather systems are rather weak which means timing of the systems can change easily. This forecast period starts off with two weak areas of low […]

By Daniel Bezte