Water runs in a ditch next to some melting snow on a sunny day.

Crunching the winter weather data

The end of March is also the end of the extended winter season across the prairies, so it is also time to look back and see how all the numbers added up and compare over the winter.


The wing of an aircraft with several burning "tubes" dispersing silver iodide - otherwise known as "cloud seeding."

Weather warfare – fact or fiction

Over the years, the idea of trying to control the weather has fascinated both scientists and the public alike. The reality of weather modification is both interesting and complex.



A cow watches. closely as her calf runs through the snow during a spring snow storm.

Spring weather can be tough to forecast

Spring weather across our region is mostly caused by the battle between two air masses — one cold and to our north, and the other warm and to our south — and they are both at their strongest relative to each other at this time of the year.


A tractor with a large, front-mounted snowblower throws snow high into the air as it clears a road.

Early spring can mean big snowfalls

Every year I receive a couple of emails about spring snowstorms and hear conversations about it. I’m always surprised that most people do not know that March and April have recorded most of the biggest snowstorms across the Prairies.



Looking out to sea over a tropical ocean with billowing white clouds in the sky.

Warmer oceans raise evaporation rates

Warmer oceans raise evaporation rates

With all the global air temperature records that have been set over the last couple of years, record warm global ocean temperatures have almost slipped by us.