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Prairie forecast: Hot east, cool west

Forecast issued May 7, covering May 7 to 14, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We saw a strong ridge of high pressure build in last week, which brought daytime highs into the low thirties across parts of the eastern Prairies. Once the ridge collapsed, cooler air moved back in. Well, it looks like we can expect another cycle of building and collapsing ridges. Then, starting on the weekend, the weather pattern should become more energetic thanks to a strong trough of low pressure forecasted to develop off the West Coast.



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Prairie forecast: Here comes the summery weather

Forecast issued April 30, covering April 30 to May 7, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes Well, one week is up and as I pointed out in last week's forecast, the weather pattern still looks like it is going to flip from a cool-ish spring regime right into a summer-like pattern. This flip should happen over the next few days.

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Prairie forecast: Warm weather gaining ground

Forecast issued April 23, covering April 23 to 30, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We start this forecast period with an area of low pressure exiting the eastern Prairie and taking the rain and wet snow with it. To the west, a weak frontal system looks ready to drop into northern Alberta where it should bring scattered showers.


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Prairie forecast: Temperature rollercoaster to continue

Forecast issued April 16, covering April 16 to 23, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes Spring is the toughest time to forecast, but this spring is being particularly tough. The atmosphere is in a very meridional flow right now. That means there are lots of troughs and ridges. So, instead of a persistent westerly flow across our region we are seeing warm southerly flows as ridges build, followed by cool northerly flows as the ridges collapse and are replaced by troughs of low pressure.

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Prairie forecast: Warm start, unsettled weekend across extreme south

Forecast issued April 9, covering April 9 to 16, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes When we have these battles between warm and cold air, there's always a good chance for a storm system or area of low pressure to develop. We've seen this happen a few times this spring and looking at the latest medium range weather models, the Prairies are likely in for a few more storms as the battle continues.


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Prairie forecast: Two lows and a high

Forecast issued April 2, covering April 2 to 9, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes This forecast period looks to be be defined by two areas of low pressure, one spinning off the west coast and the other spinning over eastern Canada. Exactly how these two lows behave a move will have a big impact on temperatures across the central and eastern Prairies.

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Prairie forecast: Spring storm could bring significant snow

Forecast issued March 26, covering March 26 to April 2, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We start this forecast period with a strong area of low pressure pushing in off the southern coast of B.C. This low will bring very mild temperatures to southern Alberta on Wednesday and into Thursday. It will then help to develop an area of low pressure over south-central regions early Thursday morning.