winter closing in

Misfit wrote:

Like guests who came over to dinner and outstayed their welcome.

LOL! Thanks for condensing my explanation into a perfect analogy.

The Weather Network predicts long, cold, messy winter

It's going to be a long, cold and messy winter across much of Canada, according to the seasonal forecast released Monday by the Weather Network.

November has already brought historically early snowfall in southern Ontario and power outages in the Prairies, setting what chief meteorologist Chris Scott said will be a trend throughout the winter.

"The upcoming winter across the country looks to be more frozen than thawed, and we've already seen an early entrance of winter weather this fall," he said. "The signs that we're seeing this year do suggest we're in for a winter that's more on than off across the country — and that it's going to be fairly long for many Canadians."

But things are looking a little better in British Columbia, where Scott said temperatures will be slightly above normal and precipitation will be just below normal.

However, he said there may still be a two-week period where winter shows up out of the blue on the Pacific coast. Conditions will also likely be favourable in British Columbia's ski areas, despite the slightly higher temperatures.

In Alberta, Scott said, there will be above-normal precipitation in the south, with especially frigid temperatures throughout the province.

The trend of a deep freeze will continue through Saskatchewan and Manitoba. That's especially the case in the southern parts of the Prairies, where Scott said he expects cold air to anchor down for the season.

From southern Ontario to southern Quebec, Scott said, people can prepare for a winter that's colder than usual and has much more precipitation than normal.....

An early winter storm with heavy wet snow caused fallen trees, many on cars, and power lines in Winnipeg early Friday morning, October 11, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/John Woods

Pondering wrote:

Last summer wasn't supposed to be nice but it was great. I have found that winter has been pushed along. A cool spring including June seems more normal now.

I've noticed that in general, the seasonal forecasts at The Weather Network seem to mirror whatever conditions are currently happening at the time the forecast is released. For example, if the weather in Manitoba is cold and dry at the time they publish their winter forecast, then the winter forecast will generally be warm and dry. Sometimes the predictions pan out, sometimes they don't.

Aristotleded24 wrote:

Pondering wrote:

Last summer wasn't supposed to be nice but it was great. I have found that winter has been pushed along. A cool spring including June seems more normal now.

I've noticed that in general, the seasonal forecasts at The Weather Network seem to mirror whatever conditions are currently happening at the time the forecast is released. For example, if the weather in Manitoba is cold and dry at the time they publish their winter forecast, then the winter forecast will generally be warm and dry. Sometimes the predictions pan out, sometimes they don't.

I had not noticed that. I will pay closer attention. It does seem like longterm forecasts are a bit like horoscopes. You can kind of fit yourself into whichever sign you happen to be born under. 

Major Winnipeg recreation pastime put on ice this year:

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If you had your heart set on skating on The Forks river trail this winter, prepare to have it broken.

The high river levels this fall, plus fragile ice, have created a challenging year for those who groom the popular skating trail, and it may be the first time since 2000 that it won't open at all.

"The way that the river came up in the fall with that fall flood and the way that it's slowly going down, it's not made conditions great or even really amenable to creating a river trail this year," said Clare MacKay, vice-president of strategic initiatives at The Forks, a downtown Winnipeg destination.