TORONTO—Looking to break out of winter’s icy clutches? The Weather Network has some bad news—we’re going to be stuck in a frigid embrace for a while longer.
The network says the bitter cold and record snowfalls that have made this a tough winter across most of the country means spring weather will be a while in coming.
Chief meteorologist Chris Scott says the network’s spring outlook is calling for a colder-than-normal month of March from Alberta and all points east.
He says heavy snowpacks in parts of the country plus heavy ice cover across the Great Lakes will help keep temperatures below seasonal averages.
Scott says British Columbia is expected to be the only province to buck the trend, with an unusually mild winter giving way to an early spring in that province.
He says occasional bursts of warm air from the U.S. will inject some variety into the overall weather trends, but he’s more than usually certain of this season’s long-range forecast.
The wintry conditions that prevailed across most of Canada have taken a lot of the guesswork out of this year’s projections, he said, adding that unseasonably low temperatures and high precipitation levels have taken hold virtually everywhere east of the Rockies.
