Beautiful Fall Weather To Continue

Co-operator contributor A nother month has come and gone and I m not sure about you, but September sure seemed to fly by. I m not sure why the month went by so fast maybe it was because school started but personally, I think it has to do with the beautiful weather we had. If

Drought Keeps Stranglehold On U.S. Plains Wheat

Drought cont inues to plague the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region and there is no relief in sight from the dryness until at least October, an agricultural meteorologist said Sept. 23. It remains quite dry and it will remain that way for at least three weeks, on into October, said Don Keeney, meteorologist


Weekly weather map – for Sep. 29, 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

Forecast – for Sep. 29, 2011

You have to love it when the weather models get it right. Last week the models pointed toward a large ridge of high pressure building across our region, and that played out pretty much as predicted. All regions saw plenty of sunshine over the weekend and into the first half of this week, along with


Weekly weather map – for Sep. 8, 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

Warm And Dry Or Cold And Wet?

Last week we took an early look at the summer weather of 2011. This week we’ll review the final numbers for August, then peer ahead to see what might be shaping up weather-wise for September and the rest of the fall. We have to go back eight years to find an August that was as


Weekly Weather Map – for Sep. 1, 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

Forecast – for Sep. 1, 2011

Typically as we begin to transition from one season to another, forecasting the weather becomes more difficult, and this year is no exception. After a fairly hot and dry summer, with little in the way of organized storm systems, it’s starting to look like this pattern will begin to break down as large fall storm


Defining A Perfect Summer

What defines a really good summer, weather-wise? I believe that if I were to ask 20 different people that question, I would get 20 different answers! I was listening to the radio the other day and the question asked of the listeners was to rate this summer from a one to 10, with 10 being

Forecast – for Aug. 25, 2011

It looks like we’ll see at least one more week of warm summer conditions before we start to feel the first taste of fall. High pressure will dominate most of our weather during this forecast period, bringing with it plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures. On Thursday and Friday we’ll see a weak area of