Winnipeg has been warmer than usual already this season, a trend forecasters say is set to continue. That’s great news for beachgoers, but not for the ongoing fight against wildfires.
Climatologist David Phillips told 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg that the Prailowerries are leading the country in terms of days where the mercury has risen above 30 C.
“You’ve had about seven, eight days where the temperature’s been above 30. That’s over half of what you normally would see for the entire year and yet summer hasn’t really begun,” Phillips said.
“In Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, we’ve had one day above 30. The west has been too hot, too dry for too long… in the east, we’re saying, ‘where is it?’”
Phillips said the weather agency’s summer outlook is showing this trend is likely to continue in Manitoba and throughout the West, with potentially lower-than-average levels of precipitation.
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That’s not ideal when there are more than 200 wildfires currently raging …