1 Dec 07 – "Environment Canada predicts that until February, climates across most of the country will be the coldest in 15 years, with the exception of a small pocket in southern Ontario.
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"Much of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and parts of British Columbia and southern Ontario will also see above-normal precipitation."
Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips said the trend in recent years of uncharacteristically warm, short winters will be wiped out by a chilly reminder of what a real Canadian winter feels like. The temperature and precipitation abnormalities are likely the result of La Nina, Phillips said.
La Nina (the little girl) is the appearance of cooler-than-normal waters in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.
In November, a fierce storm dumped nearly 80 cm of snow on Whistler, B.C. in two days, allowing the Whistler Blackcomb ski hill to open one week ahead of schedule.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... hub=Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/ ... ecast.html
Environment Canada predicts that until February, climates ac
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