Daniel Bezte

Reading Time: 3 minutes Well, that was one heck of a September across pretty much all of Alberta — if you like it warm and dry that is. Looking back at my last article, it seems as if I jumped the gun when I talked about “Indian summer.” Looking across Alberta, it would appear that most regions have experienced […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you read my last article you might remember that I was originally going to take a look back at the weather across Alberta over the last few months, but problems with Environment Canada’s data feed prevented me from doing so. Since then I have been able to poke around a little bit, and I […] Read more

skeptic reversal  New study acknowledges the existence 
and the cause of global warming

Reading Time: 3 minutes This issue’s article was going to be a look back at the weather across Alberta so far this summer, but Environment Canada seems to be having some significant difficulties with its online data feeds, as several Environment Canada stations either have no data available for the last month or two or are missing chunks of […] Read more

smashed  Records are being broken for the most 
consecutive days with highs of 100 F and up

Reading Time: 3 minutes When trying to come up with ideas to write about, it always seems a good idea to create a series of articles, such as the one I have been working on about severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. For those of you who routinely follow these articles you are expecting an article about how tornadoes are formed. […] Read more

Size doesn’t matter A small tornado can be very strong, 
while a large tornado can be weak

Reading Time: 3 minutes When most people hear the word tornado it usually brings about a feeling of fear and maybe even a little awe. I think the fear of tornadoes comes from the fact that they are kind of mysterious. We know they occur during thunderstorms — but which thunderstorms will produce tornadoes, where will they occur in […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes With the return of summer-like heat earlier this month, we also saw the return of severe summer weather. Plenty of thunderstorms rumbled across the Prairies, bringing examples of all of the different types of severe weather we can expect to see. There was plenty of lightning, hail, some really strong winds, heavy rains and, last […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes As summer works its way back into our region it’s time to pick up where we left off in our discussion of severe summer weather. In this article we’ll look at how we can predict which direction a thunderstorm might be moving. Trying to figure out just how intense and which direction a thunderstorm is […] Read more

the winner  Forecast that April’s weather would 
jump back and forth proved to be accurate


Reading Time: 3 minutes In our last issue we began discussing thunderstorms and severe weather. I was planning on continuing with that theme for this issue, but I think that will have to wait as another month has come to an end, which means it is time for us to take a look back at April 2012 weather and […] Read more

stuck  During March, Alberta was between two systems, 
missing the record heat farther east

Reading Time: 2 minutes With record warm weather covering much of Central and Eastern Canada during March and cold weather settling in over the West Coast, most of Alberta experienced a little bit of both. While it might have seemed and felt that March didn’t measure up this year, I think that was just because the regions to the […] Read more