The Prairies shook off a cold spring and saw widespread heat warnings in late July and early August, but will the heat continue throughout this month?
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The drivers of extreme rainfall
A hotter atmosphere means more capacity to hold water, as rainfall events on the Prairies in September 2024 demonstrate.
Summing up August: Wet in the west
August flipped the script in terms of rainfall, while temperatures saw an interesting trend
Rainfall and a warming planet
What a climate change means for extreme rain events on the Prairies
What causes heavy rainfall on the Prairies?
Several factors must come together for an extreme rainfall event to occur. Sometimes you need more than one factor and other times, if the factor is strong enough, you just need one.
Late-season hail hits Prairies
Crop insurance companies had a busy August, with waves of storms bringing heavy wind and hail.
Rainfall and humidity are potentially severe weather too
It's not just hail, thunderstorms and tornadoes, rainfall and humidity are potentially severe summer weather too.
WEATHER: Watch the skies in summer
Radar and forecasts can only go so far during summer storm season, and we're not that great yet at predicting tornadoes.
The four theories of tornado formation
Despite all the available knowledge and technology, we're not entirely sure why tornadoes happen, but here are our best guesses.
Straight line winds can be very damaging
Severe summer weather: Straight line winds can be just as destructive as tornadoes under the right conditions.
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