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Much of Manitoba last week had the temperatures and conditions favourable for thunderstorms to develop — but was short on humidity.
Other, Weather

How to break a drought

In a dry spell, storm systems don’t have much moisture to offer up as rain

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Sometimes I really hate my early deadline — and this is one of those times. As I write this on May 20, I’m watching the weather to see just how much rain we might see from the trough of low pressure moving through the province over the May long weekend. So far, the first part
Not all heavy rain events necessarily come from thunderstorms, but in this region, most really big rainfalls do.
Other, Weather

How do huge rainfall events happen?

Warm air can hold a heck of a lot more moisture than cold air

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We are finally beginning to see summer-like temperatures across our region and, along with the heat, a little more humidity. Despite some people getting a little grumpy about the cool weather pattern we’ve been in this last month or so, that cool weather prevented several regions transitioning from really dry to dangerously dry conditions. That
CBOT July 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX July 2021 wheat (orange open/high/low/close) and K.C. July 2021 wheat (yellow OHLC). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month low, soybeans three-week low

Chicago corn down on profit-taking

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, touching a one-month low on improving prospects for the crop in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Corn futures fell on a round of profit-taking after rising in three of the previous four sessions. Soybeans also closed lower, with concerns about demand outweighing a bargain-buying attempt
MGEX July 2021 wheat with 20- and 100-day moving averages (orange, green lines) and CBOT July 2021 wheat (yellow line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn and soy mixed, wheat down

Wheats lower on weather view for U.S. Plains

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures closed mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts firming on support from tight supplies and strength in the cash market, while forecasts for warm weather that will boost crop development in the U.S. Midwest pressured new-crop issues, traders said. “The outlook warmed up for the Midwest over
Not every thunderstorm that develops becomes severe; much of our summer rainfall comes from garden-variety air mass thunderstorms.
Other, Weather

Multi-year drought and severe thunderstorms

Short-lived air mass thunderstorms can’t vent their rising air from the top

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Before we continue our look at thunderstorms, and in particular, severe thunderstorms, I think we need to talk a little bit about the drought conditions that have been slowly deepening across much of southern Manitoba over the last several years. At first glance, it appears that our current dry conditions began last summer after a
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Monitor map for the Prairie provinces as of April 30, 2021. (AAFC)
Crops, Weather

‘Extreme drought’ expands in Prairies

Southern Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan parched

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MarketsFarm — The newly released map from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Drought Monitor (CDM) shows the Prairies’ ongoing drought getting worse. According to AAFC’s nationwide map released on Friday, southwestern Manitoba, parts of southern Saskatchewan and the southeast corner of Alberta are under CDM’s classification of Extreme (D3) drought as of April 30. Communities
Salinity issues turn field edges in southwestern Manitoba white this spring.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Plan now for a salty spring

Manitoba’s dry conditions have done little to beat back salinity in areas prone to the issue

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Snow wasn’t the only white creeping across Manitoba’s fields this spring, and unlike snow, this white stuff won’t be melting away. High salinity is not a surprising topic for provincial soil specialist Marla Riekman, given the province’s still-dry conditions and the rise in salinity questions she’s fielded from producers in the last few years. Salinity
A snowy owl fixes the photographer with a steely gaze.
Weather

How a retrograding upper low is keeping us cool

Cut-off lows tend to bring prolonged periods of unsettled weather

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We all knew it was probably going to happen, after having one of the earliest and nicest starts to spring on record — snow and cold air moved in, reminding us it is still early spring across the Prairies. Weather models had been having trouble with the medium-range forecasts for the last several weeks, with
News, Other, Weather

India likely to get average monsoon rains

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India is likely to get average monsoon rains this year, a private weather forecasting agency said April 13, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy. Monsoon rains are expected to be 103 per cent of a long-term average, and there is a 60 per cent chance that India will get

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