Mikeman444's WunderBlog

May 2013 forecast: hot vs cold

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:31:00 GMT

The missing spring of 2013 will see the arrival of Summer for some areas during the month of May.
April finished with near record cold, on the last day of April there is still a lot of snow still around in many areas. The last week saw a sudden rise into the high teens and low twenties causing overland flooding over much of the region. Parts of Saskatchewan are under a state of emergency as of Apr 30th.

Forecast for May 2013
Issued Apr 30 23:32 ...
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Apr 2013 Forecast, Spring is broken.

Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:07:00 GMT

Spring this year seems to be having a hard time getting going, still mountains of snow yet to melt and more snow through April is likely. Flood risk is extreme in some areas as the melt will be slowed until very late and any heavy rains will make it worse.

March 2013 finished of 4.1C below normal and with double the normal snowfall. The complete opposite of January and February.

April will not be any different.
3-10C colder than normal wit...
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Spring 2013 Forecast for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:07:00 GMT

After a rather long snowy winter spring awaits, but it won't be the nice warm spring we are hoping for.

Overall spring 2013 will be colder and much wetter than normal for the entire region.

Rest of March: Cold, sudden warm up coming into April, high risk of flooding.

April 1-15: becoming cold again, heavy rain and snow.

April 15-30: Warming up once again, flood risk still high.

May 1-15: Warm, thunderstorms. Fi...
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March 2013 Forecast

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:40:00 GMT

March 2013 Forecast
Issued: 3:14am March 1 2013

A look back: February was well within the forecast. around 5.3C warmer than average in Alberta with Saskatchewan and Manitoba close to normal.

Meteorological winter(dec-feb) overall was actually near to milder than normal due to a milder January and February canceling out the much colder than normal December.

Now the Forecast.
March will be closer to normal due to colder air m...
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February 2012 forecast for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 03:01:00 GMT

February forecast.
Issued Jan 31 6:21pm

A look back. January finished off 3.6C warmer than normal with 41% of the normal precipitation.

Now the forecast.
February will avg 1-4C above normal with 20-85% of normal precip. Alberta will be the warmest and driest with colder wetter conditions to the east.

1-10: Very mild in Alberta, Lingering cold snap in the east.

10-20: Colder with some snow in Alberta, freezing rai...
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