Canada: Next two months may be cold, snowy

temperatures ranging between 1.6 C above average in Edmonton to 3.8 C above average in Winnipeg. The warm spot was Calgary with an actual mean monthly temperature of -0.4 C, with the cold spot going to Peace River, Alta., at -5.4 C. Looking at precipitation for the month, Manitoba, eastern Saskatchewan and northwestern Alberta saw a dry month. The driest location was Brandon with only 2.7 millimetres of water equivalent precipitation reported. The wet spot was Calgary, which reported 16.7 mm, about four mm above the long-term average. Looking back at the weather forecasts or predictions, both the Old Farmers Almanac and CanSIPS model predicted a warmer than average start to the winter, but neither of these forecasts got the precipitation forecast correct. The Old Farmers Almanac called for above average amounts and the Canadian CanSIPS models called for near average amounts. We’ll now look at the latest predictions and model runs, and as usual, we’ll start off with the almanacs. ...