tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post3429688034668836773..comments2024-02-25T19:29:38.176-06:00Comments on Rob's Blog: Arctic cold descends on Prairies.. blizzard to affect central US PlainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-60965369447634278942009-12-11T13:01:38.818-06:002009-12-11T13:01:38.818-06:00As someone was saying earlier...
-60 windchill in...As someone was saying earlier...<br /><br />-60 windchill in Lynn Lake tonight!!!<br /><br />That is mind numbing COLD!<br />Frostbite can occur in less than 2 minutes!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-30268354262256803612009-12-11T12:06:18.901-06:002009-12-11T12:06:18.901-06:00Snow could be a balmy relief..from this weather. O...Snow could be a balmy relief..from this weather. Overnight low 3weeks ago of + 9C..and some of us wished for frigid cold weather to start.<br /><br />What were we thinking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-42131895895800790722009-12-11T11:55:41.743-06:002009-12-11T11:55:41.743-06:00Seems as if there is a poll in there somewhere.. G...Seems as if there is a poll in there somewhere.. Green xmas/new yr?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-10491653828485188362009-12-11T11:40:48.642-06:002009-12-11T11:40:48.642-06:00I see around Winnipeg people have
"SNOW REMO...I see around Winnipeg people have <br />"SNOW REMOVAL" signs up!!!<br /><br />I bet their just itching to plow some snow!!!!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-63233885095654784822009-12-11T11:10:12.360-06:002009-12-11T11:10:12.360-06:00How much? I'm hoping at least 3 CM.How much? I'm hoping at least 3 CM.Jordan Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-44756130998486093212009-12-11T10:44:25.355-06:002009-12-11T10:44:25.355-06:00Looks like we finally will get some snow tonight i...Looks like we finally will get some snow tonight into this weekend!<br /><br />Not much, but enough to coat the ground!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-80262072642922362572009-12-11T09:12:06.756-06:002009-12-11T09:12:06.756-06:00137
WWCN12 CWWG 111033
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETI...137 <br />WWCN12 CWWG 111033 <br />SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN <br />ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA <br />AT 4:33 AM CST FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2009. <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MANITOBA... <br /> <br />WIND CHILL WARNING FOR: <br />=NEW= LYNN LAKE - LEAF RAPIDS - PUKATAWAGAN <br />=NEW= BROCHET. <br /> <br /> BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR MINUS 30 WILL GIVE <br /> EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 45 TO MINUS 50 THIS <br /> AFTERNOON. <br /> <br /> THIS IS A WARNING THAT EXTREME WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE <br /> IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR <br /> WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. <br /> <br />BLIZZARD WARNING FOR: <br /> CHURCHILL <br /> YORK. <br /> <br /> BLIZZARD BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO THIS <br /> EVENING. <br /> <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />==DISCUSSION== <br />A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFYING OVER HUDSON BAY IS EXPECTED TO <br />BRING LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TO THE CHURCHILL AND <br />YORK AREAS LATER THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS <br />THAN ONE KILOMETRE AT TIMES TODAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED <br />TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. <br /> <br />COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR THIS WEEKEND AS ANOTHER <br />SHOT OF COLD ARCTIC AIR PUSHES INTO WESTERN MANITOBA THIS AFTERNOON. <br />AS A RESULT EXTREME WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN <br />EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MANITOBA WHERE BRISK NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL <br />GIVE WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN MINUS 45 AND MINUS 50. THESE <br />EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO EASTERN AREAS OF <br />NORTHERN MANITOBA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS THE COLD AIR PUSHES <br />EASTWARD. <br /> <br />PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. <br /> <br />ENDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-20840285295420383472009-12-10T22:35:31.904-06:002009-12-10T22:35:31.904-06:00Re: Least snowy Decembers. I'd have to look th...Re: Least snowy Decembers. I'd have to look that up.. but Dec 1877 must be at the top. Only 0.5 cm recorded the whole month during our warmest December ever. 23 mm of rain between the 19th and 24th.. high of +8C on the 23rd. No snow that Christmas and bad sledding because of all the mud!robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-85478862758003032452009-12-10T21:42:53.763-06:002009-12-10T21:42:53.763-06:00Environment Canada predicts -45°C in Lynn Lake tom...Environment Canada predicts -45°C in Lynn Lake tomorrow night, with a wind chill of .. -60! Crazy stuff!jewelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-64793235522342611462009-12-10T20:05:45.845-06:002009-12-10T20:05:45.845-06:00Rob, do you know when the least snowy decembers we...Rob, do you know when the least snowy decembers were?jewelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-42014166727760966672009-12-10T17:25:01.004-06:002009-12-10T17:25:01.004-06:00Cold core with next Arctic outbreak moves over nor...Cold core with next Arctic outbreak moves over northern SK Friday into Saturday with a sub-474 dam thickness and -40C 850 temps. Will be interesting to see how cold Key Lake SK is Saturday morning. They routinely hit -40C with no problem in Arctic ridges. They could be close to -50C under that cold core.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-36031296624710653052009-12-10T17:21:19.873-06:002009-12-10T17:21:19.873-06:00I would define a Green Christmas as a snowdepth wi...I would define a Green Christmas as a snowdepth with a trace or no snow on the ground. Right now, it looks like we have about 1 or 2 cm on the ground, so that would have to go by Christmas. Not sure that's going to happen given the cold weather for the next week at least, with a chance of some light snow on a couple of those days. <br /><br />As for that warmup in 7 days, GFS has been advertising this for awhile now.. I suppose they'll be right eventually. Long range ensembles are forecasting amplification of an upper ridge over BC which puts us in a northwest flow aloft.. which is not conducive to a rapid warmup this time of year.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-38463154112711734352009-12-10T14:57:09.210-06:002009-12-10T14:57:09.210-06:00After a sunny TWN Minus -1C Christmas eve (Dec 24t...After a sunny TWN Minus -1C Christmas eve (Dec 24th trend ) One might surmise the elimination of any lingering snow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-68930867507638657542009-12-10T14:47:42.249-06:002009-12-10T14:47:42.249-06:00TWN is trending a potential warmup next Thursday ...TWN is trending a potential warmup next Thursday for 6 or 7 days at least. <br />Does anyone see us flirting with positive numbers in & for a week?<br /><br />Last winter and spring IMMIA (If my memory is accurate) TWN often trended a warmup a week out that rarely occurred. However, it did give us hope.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-74689843018807835092009-12-10T10:41:51.045-06:002009-12-10T10:41:51.045-06:00Rob!
If Winnipeg were not to get any more snow be...Rob!<br /><br />If Winnipeg were not to get any more snow between now and Christmas would the current snowpack be enough to be classified as a white Christmas????<br /><br />I always thought there had to a certain depth to the snowpack to be a white Christmas!!!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-81454106828900397602009-12-09T14:22:00.006-06:002009-12-09T14:22:00.006-06:00Looks like around -29 C at YWG this morning. That...Looks like around -29 C at YWG this morning. That lite WSW to WNW flow didn't do us any favors - allowing that cold air and strong inversion to ooze in from the snowpack out west.<br /><br />These extreme temps without appreciable snowcover will allow for greater frost penetration than would otherwise be the case... another counterintuitive consequence of global warming, just like the damage possibly caused from the sudden hard freeze in October after the record warm September.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-75674135147785129512009-12-09T14:12:12.499-06:002009-12-09T14:12:12.499-06:00Latest models have eased up a bit on that next sho...Latest models have eased up a bit on that next shot of arctic air pushing over us this weekend. Models now hinting that the core of the next Arctic push will stay north of us over northern MB this weekend (although we'll still be cold as we get a piece of it, possibly ushered in with a dusting to 1 cm of snow Saturday), while a secondary lobe of Arctic air drives down over Alberta and BC (GFS is most aggressive on this scenario with an insane -40C 850 core pile-driving down over the AB/BC border Sunday into Monday) This spawns a low over the northern US Rockies Sunday into Monday with a trof over the southern Prairies which eventually brings the next reinforcing shot of Arctic air over southern MB Monday into Tuesday. Latest GLB and GFS indicate we could see a few cm of snow Monday (2-5 cm?) with the passage of that trough followed by plunging temperatures and bitter windchills early next week. GFS had been advertising a warmup by mid December but it looks like they've backed off on that scenario.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-975892665266260952009-12-09T13:48:50.883-06:002009-12-09T13:48:50.883-06:00Whats the story with the snow on Saturday?Whats the story with the snow on Saturday?Darylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-84220840338037822872009-12-09T11:57:48.841-06:002009-12-09T11:57:48.841-06:00It does look like Sunday into Sunday night when t...It does look like Sunday into Sunday night when the winds are going to pick up and give us some very cold windchill values!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-34893999500367209492009-12-09T03:32:52.152-06:002009-12-09T03:32:52.152-06:00Well I was wishing for all of this cold air but no...Well I was wishing for all of this cold air but now that's it here I'm having second thoughts!!!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-11007264715213242512009-12-08T21:45:35.036-06:002009-12-08T21:45:35.036-06:00I know it just started but I've had enough of ...I know it just started but I've had enough of this cold already. Daniel are you the cause of this. HaDarylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-81217206464999469182009-12-08T15:53:31.971-06:002009-12-08T15:53:31.971-06:00Yeah our lakes are simply too shallow and our rive...Yeah our lakes are simply too shallow and our rivers are too sluggish to keep any open water well into winter. Its too bad really... if the lakes had larger coverage and were deeper they would significantly modify our cold, continental climate.<br /><br />Interesting to note the high thin cloud associated with sourthern system already reachinng Winnipeg - faster than models like NAM depict. The above model shows clouds above 500 hPa thickening up closer to midnite for us. I hope this coupled with the sparse snowcover will keep us from the dreaded -30 C mark tonite. <br /><br />The core of the cold air remains under the high pressure centre and deeper snowpack as has been noted already.. Regina struggling in the mid to upper minus twenties this afternoon.... yeesh.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-20252315053267223972009-12-08T15:20:11.326-06:002009-12-08T15:20:11.326-06:00Latest MODIS satellite image from today shows MB l...Latest MODIS satellite image from today shows MB lakes are almost completely frozen over (click on my name for image). Just a narrow area of open water over the north basin, with thinner ice over the south basins.. but pretty much ice covered. These lakes were wide open just 6 days ago! Always amazes me how fast these large bodies of water can freeze up.robhttp://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/resources/2009342/mb-000/crefl1_A2009342181419-2009342182539_250m_mb-000_143.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-40230323374939858782009-12-08T14:09:05.898-06:002009-12-08T14:09:05.898-06:00Models are showing the potential for a warm-up tow...Models are showing the potential for a warm-up towards the end of next week. Hopefully that is El Nino making a much needed appearance.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378918135776009197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-15179925253574416702009-12-08T11:36:56.192-06:002009-12-08T11:36:56.192-06:00Luckily winds are light with these cold temperatur...Luckily winds are light with these cold temperatures so windchills are not a big concern right now. That won't be the case this weekend which is looking brutal for windchills. Another cold outbreak will be moving in with winds of 30 to 50 km/h likely producing warning criteria windchills of -40 to -50 across southern MB. Yikes!robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.com