Forecast – for May. 26, 2011

Last week’s forecast started off exactly as the models predicted, but by the time the weekend rolled around things got a little off track. The weather models had predicted the large area of low pressure that affected us over the weekend, but they originally kept most of the clouds and rain to our south. Unfortunately,

Long Waves And Blocking Patterns

If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute.” This is probably one of the most used and often true statements made about the weather in our part of the world. We live in the zone that stretches right around the globe, where warm air moving northward battles it out with cold air surging


Crop Report – for May. 19, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Seeding has just begun only on fields that can be travelled on. Hard red spring wheat and canola have been the crops most producers are concentrating on. Rainfall of 15-35 mm at the beginning of the week delayed seeding and field work to the weekend. Warm weather and wind over the weekend helped

Forecast – for May. 12, 2011

It’s another tough forecast as a large and slow-moving area of low pressure will be the dominant weather maker for our region during the first half of this forecast period. It looks like our cool, wet spring weather will continue at least for a little while longer. As we mentioned last week, a large area


Rain And Snow Extend Flooding In Manitoba

An unwelcome weekend storm which swept across the province will prolong Manitoba’s most widespread spring flooding on record, officials say. Rain and snow driven by high winds were general throughout much of Manitoba. The heaviest precipitation occurred in the Duck Mountain region northwest of Dauphin where up to 50 cm of snow fell. Between 20

Forecast – for May. 5, 2011

Iwish I could say the weather models are pointing toward summer-like weather moving in after the blast of winter last weekend, but unfortunately it’s not looking that way. On the bright side, while I wouldn’t call it summer, temperatures won’t be too cold during this forecast period and with a bit of luck we won’t


Cool, Wet Weather In May?

Well, another month has come and gone and the weather was anything but perfect across the Prairies in April. As is usual at the start of a new month, we’ll take a little time to look back at April’s weather, then peer ahead to see what the next month or two might have in store

Forecast – for Apr. 28, 2011

For those of you hoping summer-like weather is ready to move in, I’m afraid you’re going to be a little disappointed in this forecast. After a nice start to the week and the promise of nice weather to come, it looks like our old pattern of cool and unsettled weather will move back in by


EU Wheat Crying For Rain

HAMBURG/REUTERS Wheat plants in top three European Union producers France, Germany and the U.K. face an increased danger of damage from a long spell of dry weather in all three countries, analysts said April 19. “While millions of people will be hoping for a hot, sunny Easter holiday this weekend, tens of thousands of farmers

Forecast – for Apr. 21, 2011

During the last week or so we definitely saw and felt the cool arctic high pressure build in, bringing fairly cool conditions. Unfortunately for southern regions the area of high pressure was not strong enough to keep all the moisture from last weekend’s storm system to our south, with a good chunk of this region