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Weather forecasters predict better services for women

Women suffer more from changing weather patterns, as their duties were not limited to agriculture.  They are also responsible for cooking, childcare and water fetching

By Michelle Leslie November 14, 2014

Meteorologists from around the world are meeting with women’s rights activists and aid workers in Geneva to develop climate and weather services geared specifically to women. The Nov. 5-7 conference will also discuss how to attract and promote more female scientists in meteorology and hydrology. Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),

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Winter starts without the snow

Issued: Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 – Covering Nov. 12 to Nov. 19, 2014

By Daniel Bezte November 13, 2014

If you remember back to last week’s forecast I pointed out the confidence level was not that high. Well, the overall pattern proved to be pretty correct but, as they say, the devil is in the details. The large low over Hudson Bay formed as expected and did drag a cold front across our region

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Weather models point to a fall heat wave

Issued: Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 – Covering: Oct. 15 - Oct. 22, 2014

By Daniel Bezte October 16, 2014

The long weekend turned out to be a little nicer than expected as the large Pacific low ended up staying off shore, with only a few pieces of energy moving through our region. Overall, the forecast for the next couple of weeks looks to be pretty good. Confidence is actually fairly high as the weather

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We ride the temperature roller-coaster

By Daniel Bezte December 4, 2013

By the time you read this forecast, we’ve either just dodged a big winter storm to our south or are just starting to dig ourselves out of it! The weather models have been pretty consistent with bringing a strong, slow-moving storm system across the northern U.S. during the middle of this week. Whether this system

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn, soy drop for 2nd day on wetter Midwest forecast

By Reuters July 18, 2013

* Updated forecasts call for more rain, less heat * Corn losses partly offset by good export sales * Spread unwinding, technical selling hurts soybeans * Wheat sinks on spillover pressure from corn, soy (Updates with closing prices) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean prices retreated for the second

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-U.S. corn drops 1.7 percent on rainier Midwest forecast

By Reuters July 18, 2013

* More rain possible than previously predicted for coming weeks * Spot soy firm on tight stocks, weather pressured deferreds * Wheat turns lower late, sheds export-fueled support (Updates with closing prices) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. corn prices fell 1.7 percent on Wednesday as weather models suggested the coming weeks

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn falls for second straight session on dry weather forecast

By Reuters May 9, 2013

SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures fell for a second session on Thursday as forecasts for dry weather raised expectations that farmers would be able to accelerate planting after the slowest start to corn seeding in 29 years. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade July corn fell 0.39 percent to $6.30-1/2 a bushel,

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U.S. forecasters wary of drought after missing 2012 surprise

By Christine Stebbins April 9, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. drought of 2012, the worst since the dust bowl years of the 1930s, sent world food prices to record highs. The long, dry summer cost the government a record $16 billion in crop insurance payments. The Mississippi River shrank in the heat, and barge traffic slowed to a trickle. And U.S.

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Now anyone can be a weather forecaster

By Daniel Bezte November 21, 2012

The Weather Underground Internet site gives amateurs the tools they need to create their own localized forecasts

It’s been awhile since I’ve discussed weather-related websites, and I figured it was about time to share one of my favourites — The Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com). The Weather Underground is literally the first-ever Internet weather website, and I think it is the best weather website out there. I figured the best way to introduce you

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Problems trying to create winter forecast

By Daniel Bezte November 9, 2012

Last issue we took a quick look at the different factors that must be taken into account when trying to create a long-range winter weather forecast. For those of you who missed the article, I think it’s easy to summarize it by saying — trying to make a long-range forecast is so complicated that you

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

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