Reading Time: 3 minutes The snowpack has pretty much disappeared across farmland on the Prairies, and, as is typical with spring, the snow has come and gone a few times now! That said, for the most part, it was a fairly early year for snow cover loss. With rising temperatures our thoughts slowly begin to shift towards more summer-like weather, […] Read more
Weather stories from one pole to another
It’s been warm at the poles, raining in the driest place in the world, and California is headed for trouble
How the winds blow and big spring snowstorms
A new website lets you see how air is moving around the planet, and history proves that late-winter storms can bring major snowfalls
Reading Time: 3 minutes To start off this week I just have to share one of the coolest weather-related websites I’ve come across in a long time. I think it was last year when I shared a link to a website that showed surface winds across North America. It was a website that was actually created as part of an […] Read more
Alberta’s roller-coaster weather in December
After a cold and snowy start, what does the rest of the winter hold?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Most of you probably know that I don’t live in Alberta, so when I have to talk about Alberta’s weather I depend on the network of weather station data, my knowledge of typical Alberta weather and feedback from you the reader. I have to admit, it can be tough to discuss the weather when you […] Read more
Top Canadian weather stories of 2013
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we begin a new year I always find it interesting to take a look back at what the big weather stories were over the previous year. Environment Canada creates a list of the top Canadian weather stories annually; you can find the full list of stories for 2013 at ec.gc.ca. I don’t always agree […] Read more
All I want for Christmas is a weather station
Reading Time: 4 minutes With pretty much all of Alberta looking and feeling like winter, thoughts are now turning towards Christmas. So, while there’s still time, here is a quick look at some different weather gadgets out there that the weather enthusiast you know just might like under the tree! As usual, I will look at different price points, […] Read more
A curvaceous jet stream equals wild weather
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the first half of December the Northern Hemisphere has seen some fairly wild weather. Our part of the world has seen some record cold weather, whereas Alaska and Florida have seen record warmth. Over Europe and the Middle East there have been wild temperature swings and early-winter snows in places that rarely see snow. […] Read more
Warm and dry or cold and snowy winter?
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the last issue I promised we would take a look at the long-range winter forecasts, but before we do that I have to take a moment to discuss Super Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines a couple of weeks ago. First, just for clarification, a typhoon is the same thing as a hurricane. Typhoon […] Read more
October weather wasn’t really that bad
Reading Time: 3 minutes In September, most regions across Alberta saw temperatures that were a good 2 C to 4 C above the long-term average. Central and northern regions were fairly dry as well, making it a very nice September for those areas. Over southern regions temperatures were probably the warmest, but along with warmer temperatures came a little […] Read more
Detailed look at the fifth IPCC report
Alberta has had extreme weather this year, and the IPCC report says the world will see more of the same
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the last issue I began to look at the latest release by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In that issue I looked at just what the report is, who creates it, and how it is put together and reviewed before being released. I then began to explore the first key pieces of […] Read more
Extremely likely warming is human caused, panel says
Reading Time: 4 minutes I have to start this article off with a bit of a correction. In the article I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that the Northwest Passage was not open this year. What I should have said was that the Northwest Passage was not ice free this year. According to the National Snow […] Read more
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