Starting off cold before hitting above-normal warmth? Here's what Canada's fall forecast looks like
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Canadians can expect a 'fickle fall' this year as the season is forecast to start off chilly before above-normal temperatures lead the country into winter, a prominent forecaster predicts.
Canadians can expect a "fickle fall" this year as the season is forecast to start off chilly before above-normal temperatures lead the country into winter, a prominent forecaster predicts.
The Weather Network says winter may appear to taunt Canadians across the country as they face periods of very cold weather during the fall, but the season is expected to end on a mild note because a jet stream in the Pacific Ocean, called El Nino, is expected to be two degrees warmer than usual.
"Our forecast team at The Weather Network is seeing a fickle fall ahead for most Canadians, and it's all due to El Nino," chief meteorologist Chris Scott said in a phone interview.
"Generally in most El Nino falls, we get an early blast of cold weather in the middle of fall and as you're experiencing, it can be a bit of a slap in the face. But then the weather pattern flips over later in the season."
Scott said the forecast isn't the best for ski hills in British Columbia because the El Nino jet steam will persist from fall into winter "and that doesn't give the best pattern for getting a lot of snow in the mountains."
The fall forecast also doesn't help the wildfire season on the West Coast at the start of the fall because the atmosphere is expected to be drier than normal and significant rain isn't expected until the middle of the season, Scott said.
The Weather Network is also predicting that a few snowstorms will rage across the Prairie provinces in the middle of fall, cutting short the region's harvest season.
