Nice Weather To End October

Believe it or not, but last week s forecast came out pretty close to what the weather models had predicted. The one main difference was the strength and size of the low that moved up from the south and ended up parking itself over Hudson Bay last weekend. This low, at its peak last Sunday,

All I Want For Christmas Is A… Weather Station!

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR Over the last five or so years the interest in home-based weather observation has increased dramatically. At the same time, the availability and afford-ability of these systems has also increased (I m not sure which is driving which). When I first decided to start observing and recording the weather at home, about 15


Devastating Drought Expands In Texas

news reuters A devastating drought continues to have Texas in its grip, but some rain is falling on neighbouring states. Texas so far has suffered more than $5 billion in agricultural losses, and wildfires have scorched millions of acres as the state suffers its longest dry period on record. About 97 per cent of the

Above-Average Weather To Continue

After last week s record-breaking warmth, the average temperatures expected during this forecast period are going to feel a little on the cold side, especially since we will not see much sunshine at least to start. The first part of this forecast period is going to be dominated by a large area of low pressure


Record-Shattering Heat

For southern and central Manitoba the weather last week went beyond the unusual and into the realm of extreme weather. Unless you were away or never left your home, you could not help but notice the incredibly warm summer-like temperatures that dominated our weather for much of last week. After all was said and done,

OUR HISTORY: October 5, 1961

Cattle marketings up& Drought was responsible for a sharp increase in the number of grazing livestock delivered to the Western Livestock Co-operative (Western) Ltd. Crop estimates revised& The wheat crop for all of Canada was estimated at 260 million bushels. Egg price support hiked& In the pre-supply management era, farmers were receiving federal deficiency payments


Summer Is Officially Over, But It’s Not Done Yet

Idon t think there are many people out there complaining that the last part of last week s forecast was off the mark. The ridge of high pressure rebuilt itself last weekend and brought summer-like temperatures to pretty much all of southern and south-central Manitoba. The forecast then pointed toward a trough of low pressure

Beautiful Fall Weather To Continue

Co-operator contributor A nother month has come and gone and I m not sure about you, but September sure seemed to fly by. I m not sure why the month went by so fast maybe it was because school started but personally, I think it has to do with the beautiful weather we had. If


Drought Keeps Stranglehold On U.S. Plains Wheat

Drought cont inues to plague the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region and there is no relief in sight from the dryness until at least October, an agricultural meteorologist said Sept. 23. It remains quite dry and it will remain that way for at least three weeks, on into October, said Don Keeney, meteorologist

Forecast – for Sep. 29, 2011

You have to love it when the weather models get it right. Last week the models pointed toward a large ridge of high pressure building across our region, and that played out pretty much as predicted. All regions saw plenty of sunshine over the weekend and into the first half of this week, along with