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Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Fairly quiet pattern developing

Issued: Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 – Covering: Dec. 3 – Dec. 10, 2014

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Our last forecast started off right on track, but a stronger-than-expected storm system brought widespread measurable snow to southern and central Manitoba last Friday and Saturday and altered the general flow enough to change the rest of the forecast. Cold weather moved in behind this storm system, as high pressure dropped southeastward out of the
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U.S. releases plan to make Arctic shipping safer

More open water means greater opportunities for shipping and resource extraction

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As Arctic ice melts away, opening the way for greater oil development and mining, the White House outlined a plan Jan. 30 to promote safety and security in the region by building ports, improving forecasts of sea ice, and developing shipping rules. With warmer temperatures leaving Arctic sea passages open for longer periods of the
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Expect plenty of Arctic air

Weather forecast for week of Nov. 21

With most regions now having at least a light covering of snow, it’s definitely starting to look like winter. Combine the snow cover with a couple of shots of arctic air and this forecast period is going to start feeling like winter too! The area of low pressure expected to help bring mild weather to
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Is the jet stream getting stuck more often?

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It’s best to hope these ‘blocking patterns’ don’t become the norm This is one of those weeks when I’m just not sure what to write about, so I thought I’d discuss some ongoing weather research that just might help us understand how we could go from a record-warm March to a record-cold April in just
Cereals, Crops, Weather

Changing climate and oil markets good for Churchill

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Churchill port sees new opportunities for shipping in a melting — and rapidly developing — Arctic

The thawing of the Arctic is a chilling environmental prospect, but Port of Churchill proponents say it heralds a new era for Canada’s long-neglected and underutilized northern deepwater port. Since the port was built 70 years ago, the focus has been on grain shipments, but it’s now shifting to supplying the fast-growing communities in Nunavut
Crops, Weather

New models predict drastically greener Arctic in coming decades

New research predicts that rising temperatures will lead to a massive “greening,” or increase in plant cover, in the Arctic. In a paper published on March 31 in Nature Climate Change, scientists reveal new models projecting that wooded areas in the Arctic could increase by as much as 50 per cent over the next few
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Study confirms Arctic sea ice collapse

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Well, Arctic sea ice made the headlines again this week, as a new study has confirmed what some climate models have been predicting about the amount of it. When you hear discussions about summer melt season ice loss in the Arctic, they are talking about ice extent — that is, how much the surface area
News, Weather

Overnight low of 41 C – yikes!

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With the weather being fairly quiet across much of agricultural Manitoba over the last two or three weeks, I thought this would be a good time to take a look around and see what has been happening weatherwise around the world. First stop is right in our own backyard. While the weather has been fairly
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Record-Low Ice Volume In Arctic

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With beautiful fall weather firmly in place across pretty much all of Western Canada, the question for me is, exactly what should I discuss in this week s weather article? We ve already discussed just what Indian summer is, we have taken a look back at the summer of 2011, and we ve looked ahead

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