La Niña Might Mean Good Crop This Year

The weather outlook for the 2009 growing season: normal temperatures and precipitation for most of the Prairies. Maybe. A weakening La Nińa effect could mean stable weather over much of the North American grain belt between June and August, with good crops possible, according to Mike Tannura, an American weather analyst. Four of Canada’s five

La Nina seen gradually weakening in 2009

The La Nina weather anomaly will persist into the spring of 2009 but should gradually weaken during that period, the U. S. Climate Prediction Center said on Feb. 5. In a monthly update, the CPC said “a majority of the model forecasts… indicate a gradual weakening of La Nina through February-April 2009, with an eventual