Back into Business this week!

After a long wait blog posts will return as expected with a review of 2012 as a whole, and a look back at our past couple weeks in terms of weather. I have been sidetracked and very busy with the holiday's and getting back into the routine of going to school and work, this in fact has been the longest time that I have waited to post and hopefully it won't happen again anytime soon. So see you all soon!

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!

Freezing Rain For Parts Of Southern Manitoba Tonight!

A low pressure system will be moving across southern Manitoba tonight with a warm front draped across the interlake regions allowing for warm air to be ushered in from the South.



06Z GFA showing freezing rain in red for the overnight period, in areas of Southwest Manitoba.

Current Foxwarren Radar Image at 11:15pm CST
with frz rain

Temperatures will be climbing towards the freezing mark tonight especially in areas along the American Border. The milder weather however has already introduced freezing rain and/or ice pellets into Southwest Manitoba, and that will continue overnight as the low pressure system moves into the region from Saskatchewan. The area of freezing rain is expected to move east and northeast as the night moves on, affecting regions mainly north and west of Winnipeg. As a result of the conditions Freezing Rain Warnings are in Effect for Southwest and Central Manitoba. What about the rest of Southern Manitoba? Areas of the Red River Valley in and around Winnipeg, and points East will see a chance of getting freezing rain as it advances Eastwards, although greater probability exists further West and into the interlakes. The system is expected to move out by tomorrow morning leaving behind remaining freezing drizzle then mainly overcast skies by afternoon, temperaturewise will be sitting in the minus single digits as a cool NW flow will be in place.

Make sure you drive carefully when out on the highway's throughout the weekend, I don't like hearing about injured drivers in these kinds of weather conditions. So take it easy and keep yourself and others on the road safe!

Part 2/2: Snowstorm Photo Gallery

Heavy snow on Portage Avenue with
poor visibilty making for difficult driving.

A look at the Snowfall up in Mafeking
they recieved 65cm of the white stuff,
that is insane! 
Who wants to shovel all of that?
I will! Just kidding...

Trucks lined up along the highway near
Headingly, waiting for the transcanada to
open up after the storm.

Last but not least, a great shot of the
snow that was leftover from the storm
in front of my
place in, St.James Winnipeg.
 

Forecasted snowfall from last weeks snowstorm via  
TheWeatherNetwork.



Snowfall accumulated throughout the day on Saturday
in Portage La Prairie.  Courtesy of Tara-Marie Hall TWN.

View of the snowfalling along highway 1 W/E near Portage
La Prairie on Saturday, I can imagine now how bad the higways
must have been when they closed the highway that's for sure.

 

Poor visibility along the transcanasda highway on Saturday
shrouding vehicles in snow and blowing snow.

Traffic camera at the time of the heavysnowfall at 10pm
 in Winnipeg as used in my previous post. 



Snow falling quite heavy in Winnipeg at 10pm on Nov 10th,
rates again of 5cm/hr. Courtesy of Anja Just Anja TWN.