We’d better hang on to the snow we have if there’s any hope of a white Christmas in and around Humboldt this season. The smatterings of snow received in the last week haven’t amounted to significant snow cover. Natural ice rinks will be a lost cause for 2023.
For those in our neck of the woods, there’s at least a thin crust of white on the lawns. It’s a different circumstance for areas south and west of us, and there doesn’t appear to be any sign of change in the remainder of the year.
“It doesn’t look like there’s going to be any weather systems moving through southern Saskatchewan that will give much in the way of snow,” said Terri Lang, meteorologist with Environment Canada. ““There is some snow still sitting on the ground in some parts of southern Saskatchewan – mostly southeastern Saskatchewan, so technically, if that stays around and lasts through the warm temperatures that are coming later in the week, then they could technically get a white Christmas.”
When asked about what the weather could hold going into the new year, Lang said that conditions look like they will remain as they currently are.
“The warm and dry pattern looks like it will continue into the week after Christmas. No signs of any cold air being injected. After that, it gets a little bit harder to tell, but we know we’re in an El Nino pattern, and El Nino patterns for the winters tend to give warmer than average conditions and drier than average conditions for December, January, February. Doesn’t mean it’s not going to get cold, doesn’t mean it’s not going to snow – just on average, it tends to be warmer and drier.”
Lang urged that people make sure they are still checking the Highway Hotline and be prepared for winter travel before heading out on the road, as the weather is subject to change.
- with files from Discover Humboldt staff