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Province supports improved flood forecasting

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swan river, man. / The province will support a volunteer-based snow- and rainfall-monitoring network called the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) in Manitoba, which will provide more accurate and timely weather data to enhance flood forecasting, Premier Greg Selinger announced April 27. “Manitoba is always looking for ways to improve flood forecasting
Cereals, Crops, Forages, News

A little more sunshine and a little less wind please

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Weekly Provincial Summary  Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated to be 92 per cent complete.  Majority of Manitoba received precipitation and accumulations varied from three mm up to 60 mm.  Stand establishment has generally been good to excellent for most crop types. However, reseeding of fields has occurred due to factors such as wind damage,
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Weather happenings around the world

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Ithought I would take a break from our look at severe summer weather and take a little bit of time to hit on a few other weather stories that have been taking place locally and around the world. First of all, for us, comes the biggest weather story: what the heck is going on with
Weather

More summer-like weather moving in

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Last weekend’s storm system ended up being much stronger and slower than anticipated. Fortunately, it looks like this forecast period will see much quieter weather, with more summer-like conditions moving in. By Wednesday of this week the weekend storm system will have pulled well to our east and high pressure will be in place. Wednesday
Weather

Thunderstorms and hail

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I find it kind of interesting, and maybe a little weird, that in the last issue I indicated that this issue would be about thunderstorms and hail, and then during the last week areas around Winnipeg experienced thunderstorms with hail — I even had some at my place. I think this week I should end
Weather

Summer trying to take hold

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The active weather pattern we’ve been in for the last week or so looks as if it will continue for most of this forecast period. This makes it tough to forecast, as the weather models are struggling to come to an agreement on the timing, intensity and track of several different storm systems. A large
Weather

Monitoring thunderstorm movement

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Storms can strengthen or weaken as they move. Use online and visual tools to track their movements


In the last issue we continued our look at thunderstorms and severe summer weather by examining the direction thunderstorms move. In this issue we’ll learn how to determine the strength of a thunderstorm. Pretty much any storm can produce severe weather. If there are severe thunderstorm watches or warnings out, and you see a storm
Weather

Hit-and-miss long weekend

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Last week’s forecast turned out to be fairly accurate; the only thing that was off was the amount of warming we saw on Sunday and Monday. The first half of this forecast period will be controlled by a large area of low pressure that will develop to our west. While the weather models have been
Opinion, Weather

Flooding: The rule or the exception?

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You may find yourself feeling a little unsettled with the absence of major flooding this spring. Could this be a sign that we expect floods in the Red River basin to be more rule than exception? If one looks at the last century or two, it appears that flooding has been the rule in the
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Fury over new flood peg

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The province’s apparent decision to make 2011 Lake Manitoba flood levels the new standard has raised the ire of area ranchers and municipal officials. “It’s fine for Mr. Topping to hope that we will raise our cottages and homes up to levels that would be safe in another flood. But we can’t raise the farm-

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