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U.S. spring crop season jeopardized as drought persists

By Carey Gillam February 15, 2013

Reuters / The unrelenting drought gripping key farming states in the U.S. Plains shows no signs of abating, and it will take a deluge of snow or rain to restore critical moisture to farmland before spring planting of new crops, a climate expert said Jan. 31. “It’s not a pretty picture,” said climatologist Mark Svoboda

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Worst drought in decades hits Brazil’s northeast

By Caroline Stauffer February 15, 2013

Brazil’s northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro-power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country’s emerging agricultural frontiers. Lack of rain has hurt corn and cotton crops, left cattle and goats to starve to death in dry pastures and cut sugar cane

Weather

Warmer temperatures ahead

By Daniel Bezte February 12, 2013

It looks like this forecast period will start off with another Alberta clipper. This low is forecast to track across North Dakota on Wednesday, bringing a shot of light snow to southern regions of Manitoba. As with the other clipper systems, only a couple centimetres of snow are expected. It doesn’t look as though we’ll

Weather

Warm January, cold February?

By Daniel Bezte February 12, 2013

From some of the comments I’ve been hearing over the last couple of weeks you would think that January must have been on track to be one of the coldest Januaries ever. It seems as if one week of really cold weather has created one horribly cold winter! I guess everyone has already forgotten about

Cereals, Crops, Weather

The rains that come are never enough as U.S. drought persists

By Carey Gillam February 6, 2013

Recent rains have brought some relief to Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, but the U.S. Plains remains tightly gripped by severe drought. The worst-hit areas remain in sad shape, said Brian Fuchs, climatologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “We’re still looking at significant precipitation deficits,” Fuchs said. “We really haven’t seen anything that has changed the

Weather

Record warmth the top story for 2012

By Daniel Bezte February 6, 2013

Over the last few issues we’ve looked at the top weather stories from around the world in 2012. In this issue it’s time to zoom in on Canada and see what the top weather stories were this past year. Environment Canada creates a list of the top weather stories each year along with a list

Weather

Seasonable weather returns

By Daniel Bezte February 5, 2013

Once again Mother Nature played her own game last week, as the weak system that was forecast to hit southwestern Manitoba last Thursday ended up being stronger and farther north than anticipated. This brought a good five to 10 centimetres of snow to much of southern and central Manitoba late last week. As predicted, the

Crops, Weather

Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds

By Deborah Zabarenko January 30, 2013

Reuters / The consequences of climate change are now hitting the United States on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially more frequent severe weather, a congressionally mandated study has concluded. A draft of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released Jan. 11, said observable change to the climate in the past half-century

Weather

First big cold snap in two years

By Daniel Bezte January 30, 2013

Last week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected. The only problem was that the two storm systems ended up being a little stronger than expected. It definitely feels like winter, as we are experiencing the first significant cold snap in almost two years. A fairly strong ridge of high pressure remains in place over

Weather

Weather around the globe in 2012 — part three

By Daniel Bezte January 30, 2013

Ileft off last week in our look back at 2012 weather worldwide by discussing the record-low Arctic sea ice extent last September. Moving on to October, far and away the biggest weather story of that month was Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, which ended up causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage along the eastern seaboard of the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

Tag Archives Meteorology

U.S. spring crop season jeopardized as drought persists

Worst drought in decades hits Brazil’s northeast

Warmer temperatures ahead

Warm January, cold February?

The rains that come are never enough as U.S. drought persists

Record warmth the top story for 2012

Seasonable weather returns

Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds

First big cold snap in two years

Weather around the globe in 2012 — part three

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