Not everything with spinning winds on the Canadian Prairies is a tornado. From dust devils to cold-core funnel clouds, there are a number of weather phenomenon that fit the description.
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Types of tornado mimics
What spin like a tornadoes, but aren’t tornadoes? A number of weather phenomenon fit the description
June brings drought relief to western Prairies
Farmers on the Canadian Prairies saw more rain in June than they did earlier in the 2025 growing season
Farmers on the Canadian Prairies saw more rain in June than they did earlier in the 2025 growing season
Explaining severe summer weather: Hail
Understanding the science behind hail on the Canadian Prairies — how it forms and why it tends to be worse in some provinces
Hail is a common and potentially dangerous form of precipitation which is commonly seen during thunderstorms on the Canadian Prairies. But how does it happen?
How smoke changes weather
A lot of variables come into play while trying to understand this interplay
Daniel Bezte column on the complex interaction of wildfire smoke and weather.
Canadian Prairies brace for hot and dry summer
Western Canada saw a scorching spring with little rain, and weather models suggest summer 2025 will bring more of the same
Western Canada saw a scorching spring with little rain. Weather models suggest summer 2025 will be equally hot and dry.
What makes the wind blow?
The ingredients for wind include gravity, pressure, Coliolis and friction that work to move air
The ingredients for wind include gravity, pressure, Coliolis and friction that work to move air.
Summer storm season returns to the Prairies
Warmer temperatures mean there’s much more energy available for severe summer weather, such as thunderstorms bringing heavy rains, hail, damaging wind and tornadoes
Warmer temperatures in Manitoba means there’s much more energy available for severe summer weather, such as thunderstorms bringing heavy rains, hail, damaging wind and tornadoes.
A dry spring may slide into a dry summer on the Prairies
Long range forecasts in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta all expect lack of rain for summer 2025
The rain tap might slow to a trickle on the Canadian Prairies this summer. Long range forecasts in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta all expect little precipitation in coming months.
Through rain, snow and sleet: What makes different precipitation types
The behaviour of water, and the idea of super-cooled water, in the atmosphere plays into what kind of precipitation we see on the ground
The behaviour of water, and the idea of super-cooled water, in the atmosphere plays into what kind of precipitation we see on the ground
Weather warfare is mostly fiction
Humans can exert some modest control over weather, but a lot of theories have no basis in fact
Humans can exert some modest control over weather, but a lot of attention on weaponized weather, though things like cloud seeding, is mostly fantasy.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
