Insights and Stories on Weekly Forecast Prairies

Jul. 17, 2024 at 10:01 am CDT

The second heatwave of the summer appears to be establishing itself across the Prairies. This heatwave looks to last the whole forecast period as a strong upper ridge builds over central North America. Intense heat will stretch from the southern U.S. to the Arctic ocean.

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 10, 2024 at 9:47 am CDT

For this forecast period, it looks like the upper ridge will slowly flatten and drop southwards as a series of weak lows track across the northern Prairies. This will result in a reduction in the extreme temperatures. Daytime highs and overnight lows should fall back to more seasonable values.

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 3, 2024 at 10:03 am CDT

Over the last couple weeks, I've been asked repeatedly, “when will summer actually get here?” This is especially true over the eastern Prairies. It just doesn't and hasn’t felt like summer yet. Well, it looks like the cool, unsettled weather pattern will be breaking down during this forecast period. This will allow much more summer-like temperature to move in.

By Daniel Bezte

Jun. 26, 2024 at 9:52 am CDT

For a change, this forecast period starts of with weak high pressure in place across the Prairies. This brings a mix of sun and clouds and near-average temperatures. Any below-average temperatures are the thanks to the return flow behind the strong area of low pressure which, as predicted, tracked across the central and northern Prairies and brought all sorts of severe weather earlier this week.

By Daniel Bezte

Jun. 19, 2024 at 9:36 am CDT

While it looks like we'll see a slightly more stable pattern develop during this forecast period, there will still be some unsettled weather to deal with.

By Daniel Bezte