Insights and Stories on Weekly Forecast Prairies

Jun. 19, 2023 at 1:57 am CDT

So far, the general forecast seems to be on track, but there have been some changes. The area of low pressure expected to develop and move north through Alberta is still on track but the weather models now it show it winding itself up across central and northern Alberta on […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jun. 5, 2023 at 4:05 pm CDT

The heat and humidity moved into a large portion of the Canadian Prairies late last week and over the weekend as the previous general forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models predicted. There is not much change in the forecast for the next three days. The heat […]

By Daniel Bezte

May. 29, 2023 at 12:29 pm CDT

The weather regime across southern and central Canada is currently being dominated by a large sprawling surface high over eastern regions with a slowly digging trough of low pressure over the West Coast. The flows around these two features have been producing warm summer-like conditions across the eastern Prairies with […]

By Daniel Bezte

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