The spring forecast has been released by the Weather Network.
Michael Carter, a meteorologist with the weather network, says heading into spring, we’ve had a winter struggling to commit itself to cold weather.
“As we turn the page into spring we might see that pattern continuing, but with no real persistent warmth. We’re going to see a lot of back and forth especially in the early part of spring leading to overall temperatures probably near normal across the region through the spring season. But with some definite periods of winter-like interruption in there as well.”
Carter is expecting precipitation to be normal and the closer you get to the US border, the more precipitation there’ll be.
“But of course, we are moving into a wetter time of year. Precipitation in just a typical year, increases dramatically through March, April and May. So we certainly would expect to see those numbers coming up a little bit. But it is certainly something we’re watching especially as we get into the planting season, the early part of the agricultural year, we’re going to be watching that very closely.”
Carter says a lot of the country will see typical spring weather.
“The core of the colder area that we’re expecting to see is up near Hudson Bay, the northern parts of Manitoba may be tipping a little bit cold this year compared to a normal typical spring season. The west coast might be a little bit warm, so if you’re looking for some above-normal temperatures, maybe head out to Vancouver or the BC coast this year. That’s where the Pacific influence is going to be the strongest and so the mildest temperatures are going to be found out west.”
