Insights and Stories on Weekly Forecast Prairies

May. 24, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

As we head into the final week of May, it is looking to be very summerlike across much of the Prairies. Currently there is a strong area of cool high pressure centred over the Great Lakes. This area of high pressure is what brought cool and windy conditions to the […]

By Daniel Bezte

May. 22, 2023 at 6:15 pm CDT

The weather models are continuing to do a good job with the short- to medium-range forecasts, but there have been a couple of small changes that have been slowly working into the forecast. Weak troughing off the West Coast is still forecasted to kick off the development of a leeside […]

By Daniel Bezte

May. 17, 2023 at 12:00 pm CDT

The upper ridge that has been in place over much of B.C. and Alberta over the last few weeks looks to remain in place, at least for a few more days. There are some indications of a shift in the overall weather pattern towards a warm and wetter setup. As […]

By Daniel Bezte

May. 15, 2023 at 3:21 pm CDT

The weather models have been remarkably accurate for this time of the year. The big weather picture remains the same. There is a large, persistent ridge of high pressure over far Western Canada with an equally persistent trough of low pressure over Eastern Canada. This means western regions will continue […]

By Daniel Bezte