Last Day Of Nice Weather Before A Changeover To Wetter And Cooler Conditions

You will have one last chance to enjoy the nice weather on Tuesday as Normal to above normal temperatures return to southern Manitoba, before a dreaded changeover to clouds and some fairly heavy rains for Wednesday as a powerful low pressure system slides through our region.

A look at this powerful low pressure system that will travel through our area and bring rain,clouds along with cooler weather

behind it.

Lets have a look at the lighter side of things "warmer weather"! Tuesday will be the warmest day of the week with most temperatures rising into the mid to high teens and possibly some places could hit 20C since mid September. This will allow us to get quite above the normal, and allow us to enjoy some beautiful fall weather.

That will change however as clouds increase tomorrow tonight ahead of showers and rain which will be ongoing tomorrow night as the cold front passes through. The rest of the low pressure system will slide out of our region on Wednesday pulling winds out of the West and Northwest limiting our daytime highs to the high single digits or near the ten degree mark.

You will also notice a difference in our temperatures on Thursday as the full impacts of the low pressure system from Tuesday & Wednesday start taking shape. We will be left with temperatures only in the mid single digits if not cooler in some places in Dauphin as temperatures there struggle to hit 5C. Overall Expect temperatures in the low to mid single digits throughout Thursday.

As for the weekend conditions may be unsettled as some other possible low pressure systems travel through our area, I'm not sure how much we will be impacted during this timeframe as models are having a hard time agreeing.

Till Then, get out there and enjoy the nice weather!

 

 



Warmer Weather For The Next Several Days Ahead ( Also Happy 100th Post!)

The Weather Will look a lot like this
for the weekend, beautiful!

After an extended period of below normal temperatures and cloudy conditions, the weather has made a change for the better. Temperatures will finally be warming into the teens (double digits) after being stuck in a single digit rampage since early October in Southern Manitoba and (October 3rd in Winnipeg according to Rob). The changeover to milder weather was and will continue to be signalled by the strong winds pushing in from the south, at 60 to 70 km/h with associated gusts. The winds will settle down as we head towards the late evening hours for those wondering.

Things will become much milder for the weekend, as temperatures climb into the low to mid teens along with lighter winds and fair weather. Normal highs this time of year should be in the mid to low teens and near 10C, with overnight lows generally near 0C or below the freezing mark. Near to above normal temperatures are expected through the first half of next week, before a changeover to colder weather from the middle to second half of next week.

Get Out There and enjoy this nice weather, because it might be the last warmspell of the season.

(By the way this post is a celebration of the 100th update on this blog's history. Happy 100th!)

New Features Added To The Blog

Over The past couple of weeks there have been some upgrades and modifications to the blog giving users the access to more information throughout. I have added a new twitter gadget that allows you view photos, video and media that I may attach to my tweets, it also gives you the chance to load more of of my tweets (up to a max of 30 at the most). The new twitter gadget is in sharp contrast to the old one, where you were only able to view 4 tweets at a time and it did not have the features that the new one now has. That always made it a hassle for those who had to click on every link that came with my tweets, oh the way twitter has changed over the years.

 For Those running with your iphones, ipads, notebooks and blackberries on the go, you now can recieve blog updates via email and have the capability to view my webpage on mobile internet. For Email updates all you have to do is type in your email address in the box below follow by email, you are then prompted to type in a cachephrase afterwards and then tada your done and ready to pick up updates. For accessing my website via mobile its the same thing you would do when you go online using a PC, Mac or Laptop.

As featured in my last post, there will be blog posts that will contain a photo gallery after each storm event in the province. They will be offered throughout the year and they will come from various sources online. As for future galleries, I might be able to get my hands on a great blogger template that will be compatable for photo galleries making for a more professional look overall.

Overall there are so many great features that are available on my blog including all weather widgets, archives, etc. and there will be many more to come as blogger expands its horizons for web based widgets. I might start using RSS feeds in several years with weather maps and radars to allow for frequently updated content, such as what major companies have been using on their webpages all along.

Go ahead, take a look and see what great features my blog has to offer including the neverending weather links!

Picture Gallery: Early Season Snowstorm Slams Southeastern Manitoba Head On



Tree Damage in Vita, Manitoba due to heavy snowfall and
wind. I honestly feel bad for this guy, must be a wack
of money for him/her to pay off the damage.

Snowy Roads Along Hwy 1 East, Just Near
falcon lake




 Manitoba Hydro Crews Working to

Get Power BackUp with

downed power lines along

Hwy 12 North Just South

Of Highway 44 near Beausejour.

Trees Bent Over from the weight of the snow
said to be shot somewhere in SouthEast
Manitoba. Look at how 
some trees could not withstand the
weight of the snow.

Tree Damage in Falcon Lake,
as a result from
the heavy snow and strong winds. 

 

Snow Weighing Down Trees After Storm
In Bissett, Manitoba

 Look at all of that snow! 30cm of the white stuff after the storm
in Southeast Manitoba.

I Feel Bad for that persons deck, and swimming pool
bet they won't be using it for a while. Picture taken
North Of Ste.Anne, where 10cm of snow fell.

 

More Needed Rain On The Way Tonight Through Thanksgiving Monday

 An Alberta clipper system now over Northern Saskatchewan will track southwards into Southern Manitoba overnight and through Monday bringing another round of much needed moisture over the region. 

Rain from this system will spread into parts of Western Manitoba this evening and it should reach the Red River Valley and Eastern Manitoba overnight, the systems speed will slow tomorrow leaving us with rainy conditions through Monday. Rain will change over to snow over higher elevations of West MB Monday with some amounts likely over the Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park regions. Rainfall amounts of 10 to about 20mm will be possible through much of Southern Manitoba for those needing significant rain it will be an influence through from Western Manitoba as far East as Winnipeg and the Red River Valley. By Monday Night colder reinforcing air coming in from behind the system will allow a change over from rain to wet snow, even in regions of the Red River Valley with a coating of wet snow possible by the morning hours on Tuesday. Below Normal Temperatures in the single digits will join along this week, before warmer (moderating temperatures) next week.     

Early Season Snowstorm Slams Southeastern Manitoba Head On

Some of the roads in Southeast Manitoba were virtually
unpassable due to slushy snow covered roads, leaving
crews with the only choice left, close the roads. Including
this highway in the RM of Stuartburn on Thursday. All
highways are now open due to improvements in
conditions.
 

A potent early season snowfall slammed into parts of Southern Manitoba during the day Thursday Oct. 4th bringing with it significant and unexpected snowfall to southeastern regions of our province. Precipitation from this system started falling as rain through Wednesday Night into Thursday morning before it switched over to snow and continued throughout the day, with snowfall accumulations of 10 to 30 cm reported in the Sprague, Steinbach, Whiteshell, and Bissett regions. However conditions were more sufficient for a rain/snow mix further west in the Red River Valley with a slushy coating of snow in downtown and Eastern Parts of Winnipeg by afternoon, though things were worse off in Portage La Prairie where near zero visibility was reported at times as a result from the lake effect snow coming off Lake Manitoba. Strong winds out of the North gusting from 60 to 70 km/h came along with the storm, which combined with the heavy wet snow resulted in tree damage along with some power outages in Eastern Manitoba, with numerous hydro poles downed.  During the storm road conditions were poor with travel not advised for many from the American Border in the Southeast to The Ontario Border near the Whiteshell. (Pictures from the Storm are available in one of my latest posts Picture Gallery: Early Season Snowstorm Slams Southeastern Manitoba Head On)

Snowfall Totals From The Storm (via Rob's Blog)

A great example of where all the snow
fell during the storm including places
south of the lakes where the lake
effect snows took place.

 Sandilands ............. 30 cm (trees down)
 Hadashville ............ 30 cm (see photo)
 Woodridge ............. 30 cm (see photo)
 La Broquerie .......... 27 cm
 Falcon Lake............ 25-30 cm (est) 
 Vita ........................ 25 cm
 Pinawa ................... 20-30 cm
 Bissett .................... 20 cm
 South Junction ........ 20-30 cm  /nr Sprague/
 Steinbach ...............  8 cm

The early snowfall, even though it was an inconvience it brought some very much needed moisture to our region that has been very dry over the past several weeks. The snowfall brought relief to all firefighting efforts, including the one windswept wildfire in the vita area that forced residents to evacuate two days earlier. In Winnipeg 8mm of rain and wet snow was recorded at the CYWG (City of Winnipeg) airport by evening. Across the city 10 to 20 mm of rain was reported, (19mm at the forks) and a good 10 to 12 mm at my place by Bruce Ave in St.James.

 

A great analysis of past early snowfalls in Winnipeg and in Southern Manitoba can be found at... Rob's Blog

Storm System Set to Bring Significant Rain and The Seasons First Snowfall to The Red River Valley And Parts Of South Eastern Manitoba Tonight Through Until Thursday Night

The Storm System at 12Z (7am)
Tomorrow Morning
showing rainfall/snowfall rates.

A major storm system has developed this afternoon over the eastern Dakotas and is forecasted to track across regions of Northern Minnesota tonight into areas of NW Ontario Tomorrow. This system is ready to bring the most significant precipitation to the Red River Valley and SE Manitoba in several weeks, and the moisture will be extremely helpful for all who has suffered from this dry weather. Rob from Rob's Blog is mentioning anywhere from 10 to 50 mm of precipitation with this system, from now through until Thursday Night. There will be one problem with this storm system and that is the fact that some of the moisture may fall as (frozen water droplets) in the form of "snow" and it could be significant over portions of the Red River Valley and SE MB as well as places in NorthEast North Dakota, Northern MN, and NW Ontario. Rain has already made an appearence in parts of Southern Manitoba this evening, and it will continue to spread into the rest of the region tonight likely persisting until early morning before switching over to rain and/or snow for the morning through the day Thursday making things fairly slushy. If precipitation mainly in the form of snow falls tomorrow chances for significant snowfall will likely increase, a north wind will also be present during the timeframe as the low tracks towards Lake Of The Woods. Snowfall amounts will range sharply from 2cm in the Northern Red River Valley to 30+ cm in the SE portion of the province. That means places such as Winnipeg will be left with 5cm at the most. Strong Northerly winds will also be a factor over the timeframe creating hazardous driving conditions. Things are expected to clear out for the day Friday leaving behind sunny skies and cooler than normal temperatures.

Additional Information: Environment Canada issued a Winter Storm Warning Earlier this afternoon for Southeast Manitoba highlighting the potential for significant winter weather and hazardous driving conditions in places over the next 24 hours. The expected heavy wet snow with this system may create stress on powerlines and tree branches possibly resulting in localized power outages in some regions. Take Precautions when out on the roads during the expected storm duration. Feel Free to track the Storm as it progresses at the KTIV Interactive Radar Weather Website.