Signals Point To “Weak” El Niño Pattern

“If we were to switch over to an El Nińo, one would expect an end of the drought in Argentina.” – ANNE FRICK Indications of an El Nińo weather pattern have stalled after building for several months, and that’s generally good news for grain crops in Australia and South Africa, experts said. But scientists expect

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Interlake shows holes in safety nets: Farm safety net programs such as the federal/provincial AgriStability plan have proven ineffective against multi-year “back-to-back disasters” as seen in Manitoba’s Interlake this summer, according to Keystone Agricultural Producers. Some farmers in the already-waterlogged region were hit with another major storm Aug. 24 that reportedly dropped up to another


Touring The Drought Zone

This will not go down in history as one of the big drought years in Saskatchewan. When everything is tallied, 2009 will not rival years such as 1988 and 2002 for crop-related drought losses. In early July, the drought conditions in west-central and northwest Saskatchewan were steadily worsening. Farm group leaders and opposition politicians were




Issued: Monday, August 17, 2009 Covering: August 19 –August 26

It looks like this forecast period will end up being the reverse of last week’s forecast. Low pressure moved in last weekend as predicted and then slowed and intensified as it pushed to the northeast. This has placed our region under a cool northwesterly flow. Within this flow we will see another area of low



How Are Clouds Formed?

The weather page is prepared by Daniel Bezte. Dan has a BA Honours degree in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He has taught climate and weather classes at the U of W, and is a guest climate expert on CJOB’s morning show with Larry Updike. Daniel runs a computerized weather station


Issued: Friday, July 31, 2009 Covering: August 5 –August 12

Well, the promise of hot weather last week vanished just like the sunshine as a persistent blocking pattern over North America amplified last week. This allowed the eastern North American low to deepen and kept us under a strong northwest flow. In the flow we saw several smaller lows develop and affect our region. During

Issued: Monday, July 27, 2009 Covering: July 29 –August 5

After getting almost a week of what felt like summer weather, it looks like we are returning back to the same old pattern that has been controlling our weather for what seems like forever. Here is the way the pattern is shaping up. There is a persistent area of low pressure over northeastern North America