Category Archives: Precipitation

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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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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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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March overview

This March, big temperature inversions will continue. Of course. Here’s an overview of what we may see: First of all ,a big heat wave for about the first 1.5 weeks. This is the one we’re in now. Coming up, at … Continue reading

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A slight cooldown complete with snow tomorrow!

After a quite toasty 10 degrees today, it’s looking like our heat wave is finally coming to an end! A strong high to the far north is moving down, and through the power of ridge and cold front is going … Continue reading

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Top 10 weather events of 2024

I’m back on the weather blog! Here’s a special post for the top 10 weather stories of 2024. 10. Early April heat Around the start of April we had a quick heat spell, and we managed to get a very … Continue reading

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Very big and unusual snowfall event tonight through tomorrow night

This one is very unusual because we are getting a LOT of accumulation with temperature below -10, in late November. A strong, prominent, and slow-moving trough will create very long-lasting snowfall, likely accumulating about 15 cm. Snow is expected to … Continue reading

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Here’s your winter forecast for 2024!

Finally we have a long-range! Overall, it looks like this year we’re going to have a weak La Niña, with oceanic Nino3.4 SST anomalies (aka the temperature of the ocean in the area measured for El Niño/La Niña) looking 1.5 … Continue reading

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October recap – Firsts, lasts, and stats!

I should get “Firsts and Lasts” trademarked. October brought a severely low amount of records – none! That means this is just all firsts and lasts, plus a few other things. Firsts and Lasts: Next up, here some stats: I … Continue reading

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