Seasonal Forecasting

by Adam
(Fall River, Canada)

How does seasonal forecasting work in Canada? Will Fall River Nova Scotia Get Good Weather And Seasonal Temperature's This Fall

Barry's Response - Adam, Go to the Environment Canada seasonal forecast index page at https://weather.gc.ca/saisons/index_e.html and have a look at the prediction map.

You can see what EC thinks will happen until September. Since I don't know where Fall River is, I'll let you interpret the map. Scroll down to the second map. The dark grey area in Fall River amounts to "why are you asking us, we don't know".

They're honest about it, at least.

Look at the next column of links on that first page for the next three months. You'll only get a result from one of those three rows. It depends on when you try it. If you have to, try them all to see which one gives you a (probably bogus) result.

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Anyway, good luck.

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