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 slightly cooler conditions as you […] Read more
Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks
Forecast issued May 28, covering the period from May 29 to 31
NEW FEATURE: Prairie Forecast: Summerlike conditions moving in
Forecast issued May 24, 2023, covering May 24-31, 2023
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 eastern Prairies on Wednesday. As […] Read more
Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks
Update issued May 21, 2023, covering May 21-24, 2023
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 low in Alberta. This low […] Read more
Prairie Forecast: Above-average temperatures to continue
Covering the period from May 17 to 24, 2023
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 predicted, an area of low […] Read more
Prairie Forecast Update: Forecast on track
Forecast issued May 14, 2023, covering the half-week stretch from May 14 to 17, 2023
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 to see sunny, dry and […] Read more
Bezte: Frost Watch for Sept. 14
Sept. 14 — With a strong ridge of warm high pressure holding fast over pretty much all three Prairie provinces, the chances of seeing any frost over the next five to seven days is very small. Northern and extreme eastern regions of Manitoba have a very small chance of seeing some light frost late this […] Read more
Bezte: Frost Watch for Sept. 9
Sept. 9 — There is a chance for light scattered frost across portions of central and northern Alberta along with northern Saskatchewan each night between Wednesday and Friday of this week, as high pressure settles over this region. After this it looks like temperatures will warm up for much of next week as a large […] Read more
Bezte: Frost Watch for Sept. 2
Sept. 2 –– With a summery weather pattern currently stalled out over much of the Prairies, the chance of seeing any frost over the remainder of this week and into the long weekend is extremely remote. The next slight chance for frost will be in Alberta around the middle of next week as cooler air […] Read more
Bezte: Frost Watch for Aug. 28
Aug. 28 — A ridge of high pressure is forecast to build across the Prairie provinces over the next five days. This should bring fairly mild temperatures that should prevent any chances of seeing frost. A strong area of low pressure is forecast to develop late next week and push across the Prairies over the […] Read more
Bezte: Frost Watch for Aug. 20
NEW FEATURE: In many areas of the Prairies, the story is the same. It could be a great crop — if it doesn’t freeze, which it’s already done in some parts of Alberta. No one can prevent frost, but a heads-up might be useful. Daniel Bezte is a climatologist and regular columnist for the Manitoba […] Read more
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