The Weather Network predicting a slow start to spring
Posted Mar 4, 2014 08:06:25 AM.
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Canadians with a hankering for warmer weather need to brace for a “slow start to spring.”
The Weather Network’s spring outlook — which forecasts general trends for March, April and May — warns that winter is expected to hang on in many communities for a few weeks yet.
Chief meteorologist Chris Scott says March is going to be a tough month.
He says cold and occasionally snowy weather is likely to persist, although it will be tempered by some “shots” of warm weather.
Scott says most Canadians will have to wait until the middle of April for consistently nice spring weather.
The Maritimes and Newfoundland can expect near normal temperatures in spring, although New Brunswick and much of P-E-I are being warned to brace for above normal precipitation.
Moving west, the first half of March is expected to bring “below normal” temperatures from Quebec through to Saskatchewan.
Much of Alberta and parts of British Columbia will likely continue to see chilly temperatures for the start of March but are expected to warm up sooner than central and eastern parts of the country.
