Environment Canada released its fall weather outlook Wednesday, calling for the months of September, October, and November to be warmer and wetter than normal for Southern Manitoba. Meteorologist Natalie Hasell says we are coming through a similar trend for the summer months of June, July and August.

"For most of the prairies temperatures are going to be above normal in the September, October, November period. We also have a precipitation map. We're looking at precipitation amounts that are above normal.

Hasell says it was certainly an active year for showers and thunderstorms across the prairies. She notes many of the storms produced torrential downpours, large hail, strong straight-line winds and even a number of tornadoes. The Portage area received over 300 millimetres of rain over the past three months, including several severe thunderstorms.

"I don't have a statistic but my impression is certainly that southern Manitoba has seen many more nocturnal storms this season than we have in most past seasons recently," says Hasell.

She reminds the public that thunderstorm season is not yet over.