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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast
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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to life-of-contract highs at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday, lifted by worries that severe winter weather could prompt beef packers to pay higher prices for animals in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Technical buying and short-covering also buoyed cattle prices while lean hog futures finished narrowly
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: More seasonable temperatures expected

Issued December 17, 2018: Covering the period from December 19 to December 30

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The only issue with last week’s forecast was underestimating the magnitude of the warm air last Friday and Saturday, as temperatures in most locations across southern and central Manitoba managed to rise several degrees above 0 C. Of particular interest was just how warm some of the overnight lows were, with temperatures actually rising overnight
Other, Weather

A warm and dry December and January?

Outbreaks of arctic air on the Prairies last month centred mainly on Manitoba

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After a cold and snowy October across the Prairies, a number of people were expecting much of the same in November. Depending on where you live, this kind of came true. Starting in the west, Alberta dodged most of the cold air and actually lived up to what the long-range computer forecasts predicted: above-average temperatures.
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Cool start, warm end to forecast

Issued December 3, 2018: Covering the period from December 3 to December 10

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Last week’s forecast played out fairly well, with the exception of Thursday’s snowfall. The area of low pressure was forecast to bring a little bit of snow, but it ended up taking a more southerly route and dropped more snow than expected. It wasn’t any bigger or stronger than forecast; it just brought a bit
Other, Weather

Most snows are light snows

The light snows we’ve seen so far don’t necessarily hint at what’s ahead this winter

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A couple of articles ago I wrote about when we should normally expect winter to start, and after a relatively snowy October it seems like a lot of expectations were leaning toward a snowy start to winter. So far, though, we haven’t seen much in the way of true winter snow and if we look
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Mild weather with little precipitation ahead

Issued November 19, 2018: Covering the period from November 21 to November 28

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Things are looking pretty quiet on the weather front over the next week or two as we slowly work our way into winter. After what appeared to be an early start to winter back in October, things have settled down a little bit, with most regions having only a little snow cover so far. With
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A first taste of winter

Issued November 5, 2018: Covering the period from November 7 to November 14

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Last week’s forecast did not play out very well. While high pressure did try to build in it wasn’t nearly as strong as expected. Combine this with the several areas of low pressure that were forecasted actually tracking by to our south, and we ended up with more clouds than sunshine. One bright spot was
Snow covers soybeans in the field between Neepawa and Arden on October 3.
Other, Weather

A look at our backwards October – November weather

Mother Nature seemed a bit mixed up at the start of the month, but eventually figured it out

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Well, what can we say about October’s weather across the Canadian Prairies? I guess if I had to quickly describe it, I would say it was a backwards month. The month of October started off like it was the middle of November, with cold temperatures and snow. A large portion of the Prairies reported measurable
Other, Weather

Just how does snow form?

There are a number of interesting things that happen with low-temperature precipitation

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With an October that felt more like November and the type of questions I had to answer this past couple of weeks, I thought it might be a good time to revisit the topic of snow. It’s time we went back to weather school to look at the process that creates precipitation in cold clouds,

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