Insights and Stories on Weekly Forecast Prairies

Nov. 29, 2023 at 11:57 am CST

The last forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models were predicting, with one small deviation: temperatures ended up being about 2 to 4 C warmer than forecasted. This will be something to keep in mind as we look at this week’s forecast. The forecast is looking rather […]

By Daniel Bezte

Nov. 22, 2023 at 10:14 am CST

There is a large, deep area of low pressure spinning over the northern half of Hudson Bay along with a building area of high pressure over the Yukon. The counterclockwise rotation around the Hudson Bay low will create a north to northwesterly flow across the Prairies. This will allow the […]

By Daniel Bezte

Nov. 15, 2023 at 9:36 am CST

It looks like the well above average temperatures that flooded across the prairies over the last week or so will be coming to an end, at least eventually. The good news is that it doesn't look like it will be an abrupt end with well below average temperatures moving in.

By Daniel Bezte

Nov. 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm CST

It looks more and more as though our late-October cold snap and snowy conditions were indeed a false start to winter. In the last forecast I mentioned the really cold air looks to be bottled up well to our north, and it was and will be for the next week […]

By Daniel Bezte

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:36 pm CDT

Interesting weather pattern setting up across the Prairies during this forecast period. Well, maybe “interesting” isn’t the right word; “boring” might be a better one. What I mean by “interesting” is just how quickly we swung from a warm fall pattern to a cool winter pattern. Low temperatures across the […]

By Daniel Bezte