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Old 10-19-2017, 05:31 PM
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Winter forecast: More snow in Ontario and Quebec, 'dangerous' cold in Prairies

CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, October 19, 2017 12:10PM EDT

AccuWeather has bad news for Canada this winter.
The U.S.-based weather forecasting service says the upcoming season will be snowier in central Canada and much colder than usual in the West.
“We are expecting anywhere from 10 to 50 per cent higher-than-normal snowfall across a good part of Ontario, especially central-southern Ontario, right up to southern Quebec,” Brett Anderson, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, told CTV News Channel on Thursday.

Most of that snow is expected to fall from late December through February, he said.
AccuWeather’s models suggest there could be significant snowstorms from Windsor, Ont., through Toronto and up into Ottawa and Montreal, especially in January and February.
In British Columbia, Whistler has already experienced one wintry storm this week, with about 15 centimetres of snow falling on Wednesday.
“Out West, we think there’s going to be plenty of snow early in the season across the Rockies and that should set us up for a really good ski season, both in the west and in the east,” Anderson said.
“Dangerous” cold spells are expected to be the bigger weather story in Western Canada, especially in the Prairies. Blasts of “Arctic air” will make temperatures plummet multiple times throughout the winter, according to the forecast.
Atlantic Canada, however, is expected to have a milder-than-normal winter with less snow than usual.
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Old 10-19-2017, 05:42 PM
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Considering the forecasters record as little as a few days out is often off a fair bit I normally don't put much stock in long term forecasts. They are improving but still have a long way to go
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Old 10-19-2017, 05:53 PM
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in Western Canada, especially in the Prairies. Blasts of “Arctic air” will make temperatures plummet multiple times throughout the winter,

HMMMM, This is what a typical November to March has been the last 40 years I remember living in northern Alberta ,
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Old 10-19-2017, 05:56 PM
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As a farmer the weather man still can't accurately tell me what tomorrow is going to be, I love the long term forecasts, they make me giggle.
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Old 10-19-2017, 06:37 PM
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I like the old forecasts the best that are based on animals winter hair. If the snowshoe rabbit has thick hair it is going to be a cold winter.
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Old 10-19-2017, 06:58 PM
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We got spoiled with El Niño and La Niña the last two winters so I guess that it's back to a normal Alberta winter.
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This should be moved to general.
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:20 PM
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Farmers almanac says less snow and warmer winter, think Ill stick with that
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Old 10-19-2017, 11:24 PM
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Have a native friend who told me that his grandmother was predicting a cold winter.
Asked him how she knows
Her reply was that all the white men have big wood piles
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Old 10-20-2017, 06:44 AM
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I'm seriously looking at one of those generac nat gas generators, plumeting temperatures and no power is not something that I want to look forward to.

Brrrr.
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Old 10-20-2017, 09:30 AM
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The only weather person I trust is Josh on CTV when going out to trapline. He is not 100% in his predictions but close as he uses 2-3 computer models then completes an analysis. Some of the weather ladies are nice to look at on TV screen though!
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Remember the old adage. 90% chance of rain means 9 out of 10 weathermen think it will rain.
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Old 10-20-2017, 08:12 PM
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Im hoping for a long cold winter with lots of snow .. lots of snares ready and a big haystack as well .. we need the moisture bad .
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As a farmer the weather man still can't accurately tell me what tomorrow is going to be, I love the long term forecasts, they make me giggle.
Exactly!
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Cold weather makes good fur. Less ticks and fleas and cleaner pelts. Coyotes and other carnivores move lots when gets really cold.

I was talking to an old FN elder and he said it was going to be a very cold winter. I asked him how he knew this. He replied ,"White man putting up lots of wood."
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Forecasts are like farts...ya never know until it hits you right in the face...then you know
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Might be more snow but they also said 10 -20 % warmer than last year !
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Old 10-21-2017, 05:09 PM
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Forecasts are like farts...ya never know until it hits you right in the face...then you know
lmao x2
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