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Will the wet years be followed by drought in 2012?

By Dwayne Klassen January 24, 2012

Producers can expect drier-than-normal conditions this spring, according to weather outlooks for the next couple of months. “Less-than-normal precipitation across the Canadian Prairies ahead of the winter freeze-up have already left soil conditions on the drier side,” said Drew Lerner, with World Weather Inc. of Kansas City. The absence of significant snowfall and above-average temperatures

Opinion

Whither the weather?

By Laura Rance-Unger January 25, 2012

If this is global warming — bring it on! That was a common response to last week’s record-setting temperatures across southern Manitoba —at least initially. Who could complain about a daytime high of 11 C the first week of January? But at the same time few could deny a sense of unease over a less-than-white

Weather

A positive oscillation and record-setting warmth

By Daniel Bezte January 24, 2012

Iknow in the last issue I said I’d do a recap of last year’s weather both local and globally, but sometimes Mother Nature has her own ideas and I have no choice but to follow her lead. So you’ll have to wait another week or two for the recap of last year’s weather. The main

Weather

Will we finally see some cold?

By Daniel Bezte January 17, 2012

Christmas has come and gone, December has come and gone, and 2011 is done, so we have a lot of weather to recap! In this issue we’ll only have room to discuss this December’s weather and then look ahead to see what January’s weather might be like. In the following issue we’ll take a look

Opinion

Research needed to improve crop adaptation to changing global climates

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer January 13, 2012

At the last minute — actually during an extension of time — the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Conference of Parties or COP17) in Durban, South Africa late last year, came to an agreement under which the participating nations committed themselves to extend the Kyoto Protocol and work toward adopting a new

Weather

Overall Mild Conditions To Persist

By Daniel Bezte November 17, 2011

The weather models have really been struggling with the overall pattern over the last week. For the first part of this forecast period, things look fairly quiet. Weak high pressure in place across our region, combined with a large area of low pressure well to our northeast, will bring a mix of sun and clouds

News, Weather

Solar Dimming Can Trigger Freezing Winters

By David Fogarty November 17, 2011

Acyclical drop in the sun s radiation can trigger unusually cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries prepare for blizzards. Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation measured by sunspots on

Weather

Nice Weather To End October

By Daniel Bezte October 20, 2011

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,

Weather

Weekly weather map – for Sep. 22, 2011

September 22, 2011

The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the University of Winnipeg. Daniel has taught university-level classes in climate and weather and currently operates a computerized weather station at his home near Birds Hill Park, on 10 acres he plans to

Crops

In World’s Breadbasket, Climate Change Feeds Some Worry

By Christine Stebbins September 15, 2011

It can t happen here, can it? The United States, the breadbasket and supplier of last resort for a hungry world, has been such an amazing food producer in the last half-century that most Americans take for granted annual bounteous harvests of grain, meat, dairy, fruits, vegetables and other crops. When horrific images of drought

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Climate

Will the wet years be followed by drought in 2012?

Whither the weather?

A positive oscillation and record-setting warmth

Will we finally see some cold?

Research needed to improve crop adaptation to changing global climates

Overall Mild Conditions To Persist

Solar Dimming Can Trigger Freezing Winters

Nice Weather To End October

Weekly weather map – for Sep. 22, 2011

In World’s Breadbasket, Climate Change Feeds Some Worry

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