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Water flows through a washed-out culvert on the CN rail mainline at Truro, N.S. on July 23, 2023. (Photo: Nigel Gloade/Millbrook First Nations/Handout via Reuters)
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Nova Scotia farmers granted late AgriStability entry

Enrolment for 2023 now an option until Dec. 31, 2024

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Nova Scotia farmers who aren’t in on AgriStability for 2023 and whose operations were hit hard by weather events this spring and/or summer now have until the end of next year to enroll. The Nova Scotia and federal governments on Friday announced enrolment for the ag income stabilization program, which ended on April 30, has
Extreme weather events are increasingly commonly being blamed on climate change, but how much of that is real, and how much is hot air?
News, Weather

Pummelled by hail: The onslaught of erratic weather is real

Extreme weather events are increasingly commonly being blamed on climate change, but how much of that is real, and how much is hot air?

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If farmers think the weather was erratic this year, data says they’re right. Earlier this summer, the Co-operator reported that farmers in the Rivers area were pummeled with near-apocalyptic hail. Weeks later, they’d been hit again. At the time, hail claims in Manitoba had already exceeded the total number of claims last year. Why it
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

The factors that contribute to heavy rainfall

Storms are a fact of summer life — but what makes a heavy rainstorm?

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Last time we started our look at one of the last severe summer weather events, extreme rainfall. I looked back at the weather articles I have written over the last 20 years, and I only found one other article that talked about the causes for extreme rainfalls and that was back in 2015. So, I
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Relative humidity, dew point and rainfall

Meteorology 101: Warmer oceans and warmer air mean generally greater humidity

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For our latest instalment of Meteorology 101, I lump together two summer weather events: rainfall and humidity, which each have associated advisories and warnings. Humidity, by its simplest definition, is the amount of water vapour in the air. The warmer the air, the greater the distance between air molecules and the greater the holding capacity for water vapour. Due
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Straight-line winds can be the worst thunderstorm threat

Meteorology 101: Not all, but nearly all such winds occur near a storm's leading edge

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The latest world monthly temperature rankings have come out for May. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be one of the warmest Mays on record, rated third warmest by both NASA and NOAA. The European Copernicus Climate Change Service ranked May as the second-warmest, while the Japanese meteorological agency placed May as the warmest on
File photo of stormy conditions over Alberta fields. (Larry Stickney/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Alberta low to break in two

Forecast issued June 18, covering June 19-21

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So far, the general forecast seems to be on track, but there have been some changes. The area of low pressure expected to develop and move north through Alberta is still on track but the weather models now it show it winding itself up across central and northern Alberta on Monday before it breaks apart
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

What allows thunderstorms to become severe?

Rotation allows a storm to retain warm, moist air

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A week of heat and humidity brought rounds of thunderstorms across a large portion of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, so let’s continue our discussion of thunderstorms. While there were a few severe thunderstorms during this period, we did not see a big outbreak. A few readers wondered why. Thunderstorms are formed with heat, humidity, lift and
One of Eric McLean’s soybean fields, near Oak River. The 16-inch culvert fell behind after torrential rain, he said,
News, Weather

Southwest storm shreds crops, trees

“It’s just a mess”: high winds, hail flatten fields, smash windows and siding

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Farmers near Oak River and Rivers are surveying the damage after a storm pummeled fields and yards with hail, wind and torrential rain. “It’s like the trees got shredded,” said Reeve Bob Christie of the RM of Oakview. The storm cut a swath between Rivers and Oak River, just northwest of Brandon early Wednesday evening.
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

In summer, it’s all about the thunderstorms

Meteorology 101: Certain ingredients are needed for a thunderstorm to be watch-worthy

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It’s thunderstorm season, and though we haven’t reached that point in our weather school, let’s take a look at the topic. Summer has moved in, so weather discussion across the Prairies turn to one of two topics: drought or thunderstorms. It’s too early to talk about drought, but with heat and humidity moving back into
Outages in the wake of Eastern Canada’s early April ice storm led to delays of the CFIA’s digital import declaration system.
News, Weather

Ice storm bottlenecks CFIA import system

Outages led to a temporary backlog of digital declaration paperwork awaiting processing

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency was among the victims of an ice storm that struck Eastern Canada in early April. On April 6, the national agency announced it was experiencing delays in processing import declarations. The CFIA’s systems were functional, users of the online portal were told, and Canadians were urged to continue submitting information

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