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Two pumpkins arrive for a weigh-off on Oct. 7, 2023 at Smoky Lake, Alta., about 115 km northeast of Edmonton, as part of the 33rd annual Great White North Smoky Lake Pumpkin Festival. Don Crews of Lloydminster secured his champion title with a 2,037.5-lb. pumpkin. (Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Reuters)

Prairie Forecast: Sprawling high to bring dry, seasonably warm weather

Issued Oct. 11, covering Oct. 11-17

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 12, 2023

For the first time in a while, the last forecast period did not play out exactly as the weather models predicted, thanks mostly to a strong area of low pressure that moved westwards from the Atlantic into central Ontario last weekend and into the first half of this week. While the low didn’t impact the

File photo of beluga whales in Hudson Bay off Churchill, Manitoba. (Lynn_Bystrom/iStock/Getty Images)

Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Manitoba in retrograde

Issued Oct. 7, covering Oct. 7-11

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 8, 2023

If you have followed my forecasts over the years, you will know that the term retrograde is almost always associated with bad weather. Well, an area of low pressure about to come on shore over Eastern Canada is expected to retrograde, or move westward, ending up around James Bay by Monday or Tuesday. How will

Wheat comes off the field in south-central Manitoba over the September long weekend.

News

Luck of the draw on 2023 wheat yields

By Alexis Stockford, Jeff Melchior October 5, 2023

HARVEST The wheat is mostly in the bin; here’s how harvest shook out for the crop across the Prairies See story pg 6

The theme for this year’s wheat harvest in the eastern Prairies is “variable,” and not just when experts discuss the big picture in their respective provinces. Sask Wheat chair Brett Halstead and Manitoba Crop Alliance cereal agronomist Andrew Hector both noted wild yield swings even within the same growing region. “I’ve heard first- and second-hand

File photos of Yukon ranchland. (StockstudioX/iStock/Getty Images)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Building western ridge to bring warming trend

Issued Oct. 4, covering Oct. 4-10

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 4, 2023

Last week’s weather forecast played out close to what the weather models were predicting. Western regions saw cooler-than-average temperatures move in, while eastern regions saw a brief return to summer-like temperatures. This pattern was a response to an area of low pressure that spun up over the central U.S. during the second half of the

File photo of Lake Winnipeg at Grand Beach Provincial Park. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images)

Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Wet weather for southern Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan

Update issued Oct. 2, covering Oct. 2-4

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 3, 2023

The strong area of low pressure that the weather models have been forecasting to impact the eastern half of the Prairies on Tuesday and Wednesday is starting to take shape. The latest model runs show the low pushing northward into western Manitoba early on Tuesday morning and then moving off toward northwestern Ontario by late

File photo of autumn colours around Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park. (Nancy Anderson/iStock/Getty Images)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Summer tries to hang on

Issued Sept. 27, covering Sept. 27 to Oct. 4

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News September 27, 2023

For being this far into fall, the weather models have been surprisingly accurate. Heck, I didn’t even need to send an update for the last issue! Not sure if I can be as optimistic for this forecast period, as we are moving deeper into fall and starting to see the first hints of winter trying

An initial swath in a canola crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 17, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Warm fall weather to continue

Issued Sept. 20, covering Sept. 20-27

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News September 20, 2023

Even with some uncertainty in the last forecast, the weather models did a surprisingly good job. At one point it looked like I was going to have to send out an update as the models started trending toward a cooler pattern, but they quickly reversed back to a warm pattern. This brought the expected heat

A scene from Sept. 10, 2023 on the final day of the Edmonton Mountain Bike Festival. (Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Reuters)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: One last push of summer-like temperatures

Issued Sept. 13, covering Sept. 13-20

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News September 13, 2023

As we work our way slowly into fall, we are starting to see a more fall-like pattern beginning to develop — especially when it comes to overnight lows. While the upcoming forecast does not look like we see a big fall cooldown, there is more and more deviation developing between different runs of the forecast

File photo of Cape Horn, the southernmost point of Chile.

Grain Markets, Markets, Other, Weather

Ag losses likely to top US$1B after Chile rains

By Carolina Pulice, Natalia Ramos September 12, 2023

Reuters — Heavy rains in Chile’s central south farming region in mid-August may have caused at least US$1 billion in losses, according to estimates by authorities and the industry. Extreme weather conditions led the government to declare a state of catastrophe last week as dangerous rains pounded isolated communities and killed at least three people.

Winnipeg, Sept. 7, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

Issued Sept. 6, covering Sept. 6 to 13

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News September 7, 2023

The weather models seem to be in good agreement for this forecast period, with no strong storm systems expected to impact the Prairies, making for a fairly high-confidence forecast. This forecast period will start off with a generally west to southwesterly flow across the Prairies. A broad but weak area of low pressure is expected

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Prairie Forecast: Sprawling high to bring dry, seasonably warm weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Manitoba in retrograde

Luck of the draw on 2023 wheat yields

Prairie Forecast: Building western ridge to bring warming trend

Prairie Forecast Update: Wet weather for southern Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan

Prairie Forecast: Summer tries to hang on

Prairie Forecast: Warm fall weather to continue

Prairie Forecast: One last push of summer-like temperatures

Ag losses likely to top US$1B after Chile rains

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

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