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Severe summer weather: Wind

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With the return of summer-like heat last week we also saw the return of severe summer weather. Plenty of thunderstorms rumbled across the Prairies, bringing examples of all of the different types of severe weather we can expect to see. There was plenty of lightning, hail, some really strong winds, heavy rains and, last but
News, Weather

An active weather pattern continues

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Depending on where you are in the province, last week’s forecast was either right on the money or off by a little bit. We saw the heat until Thursday as predicted, but over the weekend some regions saw nothing but rain and thunderstorms, while other regions saw only a little bit of rain and plenty
Opinion

How much flood protection is enough?

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How much protection against flooding is enough? This question is often asked in the Red River basin. The Red River Basin Commission’s recent study, Long Term Flood Solutions for the Red River Basin (LTFS), found little consensus on the answer to this question. As a result, flood protection practices in the basin’s communities and municipalities
Weather

Warm and dry, or warm and wet?

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Well, depending on where you live, May 2012 either continued the year-long trend of above-average temperatures but just barely, or the streak came to an end with a below-average May. When we look back at May’s weather, just like April, we had a little bit of everything. The month started off around average, then summer
Weather

Short heat wave to come to an end

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As forecasted last week, a ridge of high pressure developed over our region during the first half of this week, bringing sunny skies and warm summer temperatures. This ridge of high pressure looks like it will begin to break down starting on Thursday, and we’ll begin a slow transition into cool temperatures. After a really
News

Province supports improved flood forecasting

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swan river, man. / The province will support a volunteer-based snow- and rainfall-monitoring network called the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) in Manitoba, which will provide more accurate and timely weather data to enhance flood forecasting, Premier Greg Selinger announced April 27. “Manitoba is always looking for ways to improve flood forecasting
Cereals, Crops, Forages, News

A little more sunshine and a little less wind please

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Weekly Provincial Summary  Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated to be 92 per cent complete.  Majority of Manitoba received precipitation and accumulations varied from three mm up to 60 mm.  Stand establishment has generally been good to excellent for most crop types. However, reseeding of fields has occurred due to factors such as wind damage,
Weather

Weather happenings around the world

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Ithought I would take a break from our look at severe summer weather and take a little bit of time to hit on a few other weather stories that have been taking place locally and around the world. First of all, for us, comes the biggest weather story: what the heck is going on with
Weather

More summer-like weather moving in

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Last weekend’s storm system ended up being much stronger and slower than anticipated. Fortunately, it looks like this forecast period will see much quieter weather, with more summer-like conditions moving in. By Wednesday of this week the weekend storm system will have pulled well to our east and high pressure will be in place. Wednesday
Weather

Thunderstorms and hail

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I find it kind of interesting, and maybe a little weird, that in the last issue I indicated that this issue would be about thunderstorms and hail, and then during the last week areas around Winnipeg experienced thunderstorms with hail — I even had some at my place. I think this week I should end

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