November 15th 2013, looks and feels a lot different than it did in 2012.
Temperatures Friday afternoon slightly surpassed the forecast high of 8 degrees with Winnipeggers soaking up the sunshine any way they could.
“It’s not cold and I was like I can totally sit outside and not (freeze) and its not windy for once,” said one Winnipegger who enjoyed her lunch on a Corydon Avenue patio.
Another said it was the perfect fall day to take her kids to the park.
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“We’re enjoying the nice weather. We went for a walk and we’re here with friends trying to enjoy the beauty before the snow comes.”
Last year instead of enjoying the outdoors Winnipeg was bundled up against temperatures that hovered around ten below, while digging out from under 20 centimeters of snow.
” Anytime you get past the 9th of November without snow on the ground temperatures above zero, its all bonus time,” Meteorologist Jay Anderson told Global News, Friday.
He says the warmth actually comes from the lack of snow.
“As soon as the snow comes, it reflects the sunlight back into space and we don’t warm up. We lose about 5 degrees everyday.”
Colder temperatures in the North are keeping the snow at bay, for now. But the dreaded Colorado low is expected to move through Southern Manitoba at the end of next week and it could bring around 10 centimeters of the white stuff.
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