Happy Holiday's from Mike's Amatuer Weather Blog

Here's wishing you and your family a very happy holiday's, and an awesome new year in 2013!

I sure hope we have an interesting year in 2013, and hopefully we get a lot of thunderstorms during the Summer season we need it to keep ourselves from having another drought like the summer of 2011 and 2012. Well all the best, I wish you all a wonderful holiday season!

Quiet Weather To Exist Through Christmas Holiday's

Generally quiet weather will exist for the christmas holidays in Southern Manitoba with little to no precipitation expected during the period. Also you will be glad to hear that there won't be any significant storm systems over the next few weeks, giving us a break from shovelling. The only thing to watch for will be cloudcover and off and on light flurries at times during the holiday's especially on days whenever there is a Northwest flow present. Temperatures will be seasonably cool with daytime highs sitting anywhere from the minus teens to minus single digits, though it might feel colder during the overnight periods with low's getting into the minus 20's to possibly minus 30's. Always keep tabs on the windchill it makes it feel a lot colder than the actual temperature when it's around. Keep yourself warm on those cold days, be sure to bundle up! 

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas folk's! If you are planning on traveling via air or ground the weather should be great and there won't be much in terms of affect for transportation. Hope Santa is good to you all! 

Long Awaited Blog Update On The Way When Our Weather Pattern Changes (Sometime this Week)

After a few weeks of waiting another blog update will be on the way sometime this week when our weather pattern changes, I will post it in reply to Rob's Blog when he provides an update. I am trying to gain experience and learn how to provide weather updates so that I may sometime in 2013 or 2014 be able to provide them on my own. In the meantime I will continue to provide updates with the help of other weather blog's. 

See you all at the start of the week!

Freezing Rain To Bring A Return To Colder Weather

Our wild weather will continue today as another low pressure system tracks through the Interlake regions, bringing with it mild temperatures and the likelihood of freezing rain for all of Southern Manitoba, including cities of Winnipeg and Brandon.

Freezing rain a possibility tonight as an area of low pressure moves through the area.

Warm air will be pumped into southern Manitoba today as strong southerly winds develop ahead of a major low pressure system that will bring heavy snowfall to the northern parts of Manitoba, though we will not go into detail on that story as that is out of my coverage region.
"850 MB Temperatures will climb to nearly 5C today, providing an ample above freezing level" According to A Weather Moment. Though the bulk of the precipitation will fall in central and northern Manitoba where 5 to 20cm of snow can be expected. This storm will be much further north than that of monday's where Norway House frecived 70cm of snow.
 
We will have a nice breeze out of the south for the day ahead with most temperatures climbing up towards the freezing mark, though a few places could be a tad cooler or warmer depending on local factors. Maximum temperatures should be reached by evening hours. As the warm front approaches the Western parts of the province by early afternoon, it looks like a band of rain/freezing rain will form in those regions and start progressing eastwards into the Red River Valley by mid to late afternoon, then Eastern Manitoba by evening. Affecting Winnipeg and the rest of the RRV during supper hours, though it should exit the eastern portions of the province by mid evening as it moves into NWOntario. Expect around 1 to 4mm of freezing rain in parts tonight, for freezing rain that is quite significant and it will result in very icy conditions. So most roads may end up turning into skating rinks, as a result drivers are warned to be cautious and drive carefully in these conditions. As for warnings, Environment Canada has already issued a freezing rain warning for much of Southern Manitoba including the Winnipeg area, though areas in the extreme SW are not included in the warning region.

Skies will remain cloudy overnight before a weak cold front moves through the region by morning, leaving behind sunny skies and temperatures cooling to near -10C by evening. Northwest winds will be in place for the morning at around 30km/h to 40km/h, before it will settle down in the afternoon. Another arctic area of high pressure will settle in for tomorrow night keeping our temperatures down to the minus 20's at worst, with not much in the way of warming for Friday with highs only reaching the minus teens.

Temperatures will level off for the weekend with highs closer to the minus single digits, and -10C at the coldest for Saturday and Sunday. A weak storm track will also be present for the weekend and next week, giving us plenty of oppurtunties for seeing light to heavy snowfall. More information on the way Friday, with details of our weekend and beyond!