I think the warm temps may be on the horizon in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It has been a cool, if not cold, wet spring so far. Record breaking amounts of rain, the rivers are bloated but the grass and leaves are green. The warmest temperature so far is +22 celsius (72 fahrenheit). Suppose to get up to +25 C (77F) in the next few days.
Comparison from a few weeks ago to today.
Homeless people camp out in tents along the rivers.
The spring so far in Winnipeg, Manitoba has been cool, almost cold, with unending strong winds and rain. The weather crystal ball gazers are finally predicting sunny skies and warmer temps.
Cloudy and rainy again today.
Here comes the sun
Winnipeg pothole. A little bit of satire and embellishment here.
A destructive tornado tore through Andover, Kansas, on Friday night, shredding buildings, hurling cars, and knocking out power for thousands across the area. The powerful twister and its path of destruction were captured on video by Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer. The tornado strengthened very quickly, going from 10 mph to 300 mph in seconds, Timmer revealed. The tornado, which could be seen for miles, damaged or destroyed more than 1,000 buildings as it ripped through the small town, according to officials. No fatalities have been reported.
Kansas gets too many of these.
The weather forecasters were predicting an armageddon blizzard. Crunch the city and bring it to its knees. Didn’t turn out that bad. 35 centimetres of snow (13.5 inches). A fair amount, but not the 60 centimetres they thought would land.
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ELGIN, Texas – It was like a scene out of the movie “Twister” when a truck drove through a tornado in Central Texas on Monday.
The video above, shot by storm chaser Brian Emfinger of Live Storms Media, shows a red truck driving down a road in Elgin, Texas, as it gets blown over onto its side by a tornado. The truck was then spun around before getting flipped back upright onto its wheels.
Amazingly, the truck was able to drive away as the twister went on to knock down trees and power lines along the road.
Current versus summer photos of the Winnipeg environment.
Winnipeg has experienced its third highest recorded snowfall ever. Over five and a half feet has fallen in the city and all across southern Manitoba. The three snow disposal sites Winnipeg uses have become little mountains.
There is still mounds of snow along city streets and in parks etc. Forecasters are predicting good chance of flooding once all this white stuff melts.
