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Some smoke may come through on Wed. night and Thursday!

Some “fresh” Saskatchewan smoke is expected to take a stroll through the area on Wednesday night (maybe?) and Thursday. If you didn’t know, the cause of our sunny skies today is a high in northwestern Alberta. If you understand anything … Continue reading

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Where are the heat waves?

So far this summer, you may have noticed something has been absent that was very prominent over the four last summers, excluding 2022. That would be the long summer heat waves. If we look at the last month and next … Continue reading

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Smoke tomorrow?

If you haven’t heard, there are some sizeable fires right now in the Northwest Territories. These fires haven’t really had any northerly winds. Until tonight. As a strong low moves east over the Northwest Territories this evening it will, of … Continue reading

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Another borderline La Niña this winter?

Going way back all the way to about a year ago, it first started to seem likely that a low to moderate El Niño was in store for the 2025/26 winter. However, back then I was still watching the 2024/25 … Continue reading

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Summer break forecast!

Here it is: July For this week; hot Tuesday, cool Wednesday and Thursday, warm again Friday. Next week we should see some rain to start and rain to end, with a very short-lived heat wave in the middle. After that, … Continue reading

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A warm start to the week, but even warmer tomorrow!

Today the temperature has reached a high of 25, which is above seasonal, but not by much. However, tomorrow the temperature is forecast to reach 27-33, most likely 30 or 31. The reason for this? Well, if you look at … Continue reading

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50 mm of rain this week!

Over the next 7 days, many showers and storms are set to pass through, and it looks like it will total all the way up to 50 mm of precipitation. For reference, that about as much as we got in … Continue reading

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A chilly start to the week, but will it last?

You might have seen on the forecast that today and tomorrow will be quite chilly and rainy, but that may change for the rest of the week. Today we got a pretty easy-to-understand upper atmosphere layout. All you really need … Continue reading

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A big temperature flip is coming this week!

You may have seem it already on Environment Canada; those temperatures will be warming quite a bit! Coming up late this week, on the weekend, and also for a big chunk of next week temperatures are expected to be slightly … Continue reading

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Snow isn’t over yet! More is still to come…

For about the third time this month, this will probably be the last significant snowfall event this season. Starting tomorrow, a low will slowly track across the prairies, bringing an extensive clouds bank set to bring swaths of snow. Here … Continue reading

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