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File photo of a CN locomotive in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

CN again reopens Kamloops-Vancouver corridor

'Quite a bit' of traffic shifted to Prince Rupert

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MarketsFarm — After recent heavy rains forced Canadian National Railway to close its Kamloops-to-Vancouver corridor for a second time, the railway reopened its critical line to Canada’s busiest port on Sunday. CN spokesperson Jonathan Abecassis said the corridor was initially closed a second time during the most recent spell of heavy rains in southwestern British
As far as safety is concerned, there is no truly safe place from lightning if you get caught outdoors.
Other, Weather

Talking about lightning

How lightning is formed, and how to stay safe

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Over the last week or so, I finally saw some lighting in my area and, while I was not home at the time, I received a short but heavy pounding of hail. This got me thinking about thunderstorms and about lightning, so I checked back over the different weather articles I have written, and it
tornado in saskatchewan
Other, Weather

Watches, warnings, wind and tornadoes

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June, July and August are the peak months for tornadoes in Canada In the last issue I said we would continue our look at severe summer weather by looking at wind. Most of the time when we talk or worry about high winds, those winds are associated with thunderstorms. So, in this issue we will
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
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
Thunderstorms require a significant difference in temperature between two areas, such as when a front cuts through a region.
Other, Weather

Thoughts on thunderstorms and a warm March

Just having a very hot day doesn’t create the conditions for a storm

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The phrase “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute” is never so true than during the spring across the Prairies and so far, this spring is living up to the saying. As we get ready for May, thoughts begin to switch from snowstorms and cold snaps to heatwaves and thunderstorms. So for this
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warm, humid, chance of thunderstorms

Covering the period from July 29 to August 5

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Overall, the weather models seem to have a pretty good handle on the general weather pattern across our region. The last forecast worked out pretty well, with the usual differences in some of the timings of systems, and as always it can be difficult to predict just when or where thunderstorms will develop. For this
Heavy rains battered parts of southwestern Manitoba in late June and early July, but so far that hasn’t meant a flood of crop insurance claims.
News, Other, Weather

Southwest storm generates few crop insurance claims so far

More could be filed once farmers have a better handle on their losses

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Heavy rains that struck parts of southwestern Manitoba June 28 to July 2 have resulted in just “a handful of crop insurance claims” as of July 9. “Nothing earth shattering,” David Koroscil, manager of claim services with the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), said in an interview. “That might change in time.” Areas north of Brandon and
Fields north of Brandon still show significant standing water and the first hints of crop damage a week after rainfalls that locals counted in the inches.
Crops, Weather

Sky high demand for aerial sprayers after flood

A significant number of producers were calling in air strikes after 200 millimetres of rain kept their own sprayers out of the field

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The same storms that put parts of Westman underwater early this month also had aerial applicators scrambling to keep up with demand. Planes from Westman Aerial Spraying had little downtime in early July. Barry Cooper, business to business operations manager with Heritage Co-op, says they have seen more demand than there are planes available to
Fast running waters replace what was an approach just north of Brandon following intense thunderstorms that brought torrential rains.
News, Other, Weather

After two major storms, Westman farmers are surveying the damage

Torrential rains last week plunged western municipalities 
into states of emergency as flooding wreaked havoc

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For Ryan Niven of Rapid City, the overrunning roads, acres upon acres of flooded crops and states of emergency popping up across the region felt a lot like 2014 all over again. “Fortunately, we’re done spraying, so we’re not out trying to make a bunch of ruts right now, but I would say, infrastructure-wise, there’s

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