If you've noticed it's been a bit colder than normal in town, you aren't alone.
It has been, according to Environment Canada, but there is some relief on the way.
It hasn't been the best of springs to date with chillier-than-normal daytime highs, followed by chillier-than-normal nighttime lows and even some snow thrown in for good measure over the past few days.
Natalie Hasell, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the data compiled from last week showed well-below-normal figures.
SA国际影视传媒淔rom May 13 to 18, we started off with the daytime high at around zero to 2.5 C, so not too warm,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淥vernight, it got as low as -9.6 and that's pretty chilly for this time of year.SA国际影视传媒�
This week will see a bit of an improvement, said Hasell, but still not around where things ought to be.
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In terms of a long-range forecast, Hasell used what's known as the North American Ensemble Forecast System (NAEFS), which takes several different models into account in order to provide a good idea of what things could look like leading into June.
For Yellowknife, it's an up-and-down next couple of weeks.
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Precipitation-wise, not much is scheduled for the next little while on both the seven-day and NAEFS graphs but the one thing we won't be seeing is snow.
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With the warmer weather coming, Hasell, who specializes in warning preparedness, said now is a good time to get ready for anything that could mean emergency measures coming into effect.
She said it's especially important with Covid-19 in play because what you did in prior years may not be the same this time around.
SA国际影视传媒淭here will be some thunderstorms SA国际影视传媒� not now but later on SA国际影视传媒� and it's never too early to make sure you have everything ready in case you need to shelter in place or evacuate,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淢ake sure your house is in good shape, fix up any cracks in the foundation, update your emergency kit, have supplies on hand, things of that nature.SA国际影视传媒�
