Record breaking high temperatures over the weekend melted what little snow some parts of Manitoba received this winter, including the Miami area says Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson.
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VIDEO: Snowless fields in Manitoba
Forecast: An early shot of spring weather
Issued March 7, 2016 – Covering the period from March 9, 2016 to March 16, 2016
From a forecasting point of view, you can really tell we are starting to move into spring, as it’s this time of the year when weather models often have a hard time “figuring out” just what’s going on. We saw some of this with last week’s forecast as some areas cleared out and saw plenty
Forecast: Still a little early to think of spring
Issued Feb. 22, 2016, covering the period from Feb. 24, 2016 to Mar. 2, 2016
The start of my forecasts is beginning to sound a bit like a broken record. It doesn’t look like the current weather pattern we’ve been in for the last month or so is going to change any time soon. If you think winter has come to an early end and spring is ready to move
Forecast: Overall pattern remains the same
Issued Feb. 15, 2016, covering the period from Feb. 17, 2016 to Feb. 24, 2016
It doesn’t look like the weather pattern we’ve been in for the last month or so is going to change any time soon. Here is the big picture of what is going on. To our west, there has been a fairly persistent area of low pressure off the coast that has been drifting north and
Leaning toward milder conditions
Issued: Monday, Mar. 23, 2015 – Covering: Mar. 25 – April 1, 2015
The weather played out pretty much as the models predicted for last week, except in western regions. The models kept any precipitation and clouds well to our west, but this boundary between dry, cool air and moist air set up close enough that southwestern regions saw more clouds than sun, along with occasional light snow.
Manitoba winter wheat OK so far, but fingers crossed for no cold snaps
An advisory committee is monitoring conditions to see if the April 10 fertilizer prohibition can be lifted early
So far, so good sums up the condition of Manitoba’s winter wheat crop, although an extended cold snap could still damage it. In the meantime, an advisory committee was to meet Monday to consider whether to allow farmers to fertilize their fields, including winter wheat, before April 10 when the seasonal fertilizer application prohibition is
Cold, wet spring for 2015
If forecasters have it right, this winter could be another long one, but it won’t see long periods of below-normal temperatures
Call it an intermission from winter if you will, but don’t expect the warmer-than-usual temperatures to last — at least not in Manitoba. Speaking at Farm Credit Canada’s Ag Outlook in Winnipeg last week, meteorologist Mark Robinson said that this year’s El Niño is a weak one. “Right across the country we’re seeing warmer-than-normal temperatures,”
Winter returns to parts of Manitoba
Last Saturday was a very snowy affair
Spring was in the air. Temperatures in south-central Manitoba hit almost 20 C April 9, leaving fields bare. And while there were still snowbanks in the bush and along shelterbelts farmers were counting the days until they hit the fields. And then it snowed, heavily on April 12, underscoring poet T.S. Eliot’s famous line: “April
Fiddleheads — Free For The Picking
Some people are unapologetic foragers. They are morel hunters, berry pickers and hazelnut gatherers. Along with morels, fiddleheads are one of the most popular wild delicacies of spring, and like morel hunters, fiddlehead foragers are very secretive about their harvesting locations. Fiddleheads are the coiled, immature fronds of the ostrich fern. They acquired their name
Spring Flooding: The Dice Are Loaded
It seems you can’t listen to a conversation lately that doesn’t at some point move to the topic of spring flooding. The latest flood forecast for southern Manitoba indicates a high potential for flooding in pretty much all regions. If we continue to have favourable weather, which means little to no snow or rain over
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