2007-2008 Weather Outlook for Canada

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Weather is the most talked about subject on earth, which makes the annual Canadian Farmers’ Almanac weather predictions a hot topic. Fans of the Almanac say its famous long-range forecast is accurate between 80 and 85 percent of the time. So, what is this famous weather predicting publication calling for?

A two-faced or split personality winter season.

“Mother Nature is once again keeping all of us on our toes,” reveals Editor and Philom. Peter Geiger, “ we know she likes to throw curve balls at us from time to time and this winter it looks as though she’s going to reveal a possible split personality.”

The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac long-range forecasts are calling for a colder than normal winter with a greater than average complement of precipitation for the Ontario/Quebec border and points east into the Maritimes.

From central Ontario west through the Prairies and Rockies, on to the Pacific Coast – the overall winter will be milder than normal with near or below normal precipitation.

Skiers across Quebec will rejoice: snowier than normal conditions are expected. Snowy conditions will also be the case over Newfoundland. Overall, the winter should also average below normal temperature-wise across Quebec and the Maritimes.

Cold and snowy weather should also prevail over the Great Lakes region. In contrast, the Prairies, Rocky Mountains, and Pacific Coast should enjoy a relatively mild and somewhat drier than normal winter season overall. For some locations, the amount of wintertime precipitation – rain or snow – could average one-quarter to as much as one-half below seasonal normal.

And near and along the boundary zone between the mild and tranquil West and the cold and stormy East, we look for some large-scale weather vacillations: going from wintry to spring like and back to winter, almost like some sort of a meteorological pendulum undergoing a series of pretty wild swings.

THE REST OF THE YEAR
Spring looks cool and somewhat wet for many areas. We think the summer will be uniformly warmer than normal across much of the nation. Precipitation will average near or somewhat below normal over Quebec, and most of the Maritimes as well as the Prairies and Rockies. Meanwhile higher-than-normal rainfall will fall over much of Ontario as well as Newfoundland and parts of Labrador. In contrast, we’re forecasting much lower than normal precipitation amounts near and along the Pacific Coast of British Columbia. Cooler and drier weather should take hold during the fall, followed by a spell of cold and unsettled conditions in November and December.

We also expect an active tropical season in 2008, with the Maritimes in the crosshairs for possible tropical activity during mid-late August and again in mid-late September. The traditional peak of the hurricane season comes on September 10.

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