Canadians have always had an obsession with the weather; we huddle around the radio, or now tune into the weather network to check the local forecast. We boast of those winters of yesteryear when the snowdrifts seemed to be several times higher than they are today and summer heat spells went on for weeks, not days. Some claim that our frigid winter climate and our love of hockey, tobogganing and building snowforts go hand in hand. While others insist that our enthused exuberance for swimming off the dock at the cottage and creating delicious smores while camping in the wilderness is because of the brevity of summer and our realization that shortly these lakes will be covered in several feet of snow and ice and fires will be made inside our cookstoves and fireplaces. It is true that I agree with this Canadiana, but for me the Canadian weather is so much more than this. To me it's schoolchildren old and young anxiously listening to the local radio station with fingers crossed, waiting to see if they are the fortunate enough to have been awarded a SNOWDAY. It's wishing that lightning would've caught you're school on fire, instead of the apartment building across the street. I cannot leave out crazy college kids who imitate storm chasers from television, by speeding across the open prairie hoping to catch sight of an elusive funnel cloud, while at the same time being oblivious to the fact that one of the weakest tornadoes (F-1) can pack winds of in excess of 100 mph. To me this is weather: our hopes and dreams and crazy adventures with a dash of Canadiana also thrown in.
My blog will have my mundane specialized personal forecasts for Three Hills, AB and Pembroke, ON, and a whole lot more! It will include personal stories of those who have braved the elements and those that have embraced them. One of the most anticipated features will be my legendary snow day forecasts; these will mostly be issued for the Renfrew County part of eastern Ontario, but may also include special requests that may be submitted via my Facebook page Gavman the Weather man.
Forecast for Three Hills, Alberta (Please note that all temperature are in degrees Celsius)
Tuesday Night: Increasing cloudiness. Low 5
Wednesday(5): Mainly cloudy, 30% chance of late afternoon showers. High
Wednesday Night: Cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. Low 8
Thursday(6): Variable cloudiness with a 60% chance of a passing shower. High 13
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy. Low 7
Friday(7): Variable cloudiness, with a 40% chance of showers. High 12
Friday Night: Clearing. Low 3
Saturday(8): Mainly Sunny. High 12
Saturday Night: Clear. Low 7
Sunday(9): A mix of sun and cloud. High 14
Sunday Night: Clear. Low 4
Monday(10): A mix of sun and cloud. High 11
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy. Low 4
Tuesday(11):Variable Cloudiness.Clouding over late in the day. High 11. 40% Chance of sleet or freezing rain Low 4.
Wednesday (12): Cool with cloudy periods. 40% chance of sleet or freezing rain late in the evening into the overnight. High 11. Low 5.
(Temperatures are taken from the national weather service model guidance page http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCOMAGWEB/appcontroller?prevpage=index&MainPage=index&cat=MODEL+GUIDANCE&page=MODEL+GUIDANCE and the precipitation and conditions are taken from a combination of the forecasts for Three Hills, AB of Environment Canada (http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-69_metric_e.html), The Weather Network (http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caab0302?ref=topnav_homepage_savedcity), and Accuweather.com (http://www.accuweather.com/canada-weather-forecast.asp)
Hopefully I will have the forecast for Pembroke available along with the one for Three Hills by Wednesday of next week. A winter forecast will be published before the 20th of October, with some snowday predictions thrown in for the months of November and December.
