Daniel Bezte column on the complex interaction of wildfire smoke and weather.
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How smoke changes weather
A lot of variables come into play while trying to understand this interplay
Smoke in the air impacts Manitoba spray season
Wildfire smoke across Western Canada could complicate weed control, impacting how well plants take up herbicides and increasing the risk of spray drift
Wildfire smoke across Western Canada could complicate weed control, impacting how well plants take up herbicides and increasing the risk of spray drift.
Prairie forecast: Summer pattern making forecast difficult
Forecast issued June 4, covering June 4-11, 2025
We start this forecast period off with an area of low pressure over far northern Manitoba that is slowly moving off into Hudson Bay. To the west, an area of low pressure is developing over the Yukon which is helping to develop a weak ridge of high pressure over Alberta. Over southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba weak high pressure is in place.
What we know about how wildfire smoke affects Prairie crops
Impacts depend on smoke quantity, plant progress, surrounding weather conditions
Prairie farmers don't have to go far right now to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what their crops will experience this year is a more complicated matter.
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.
India’s monsoon stalls after early start
Monsoon to pick up again around June 11
Rainfall over India is likely to remain subdued for over a week as the annual monsoon’s progress has stalled after its earliest onset in 16 years, though it is likely to pick up again from June 11, two senior weather bureau officials said on Monday.
Most crops off to good start
Some parts of the Prairies are very dry, but provincial crop specialists say it’s still early in the season
Some parts of the Prairies are very dry, but provincial crop specialists say it's still early in the season
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Seeding to be completed next week
Crop progress stands at 88 per cent
Warm and windy conditions allowed Saskatchewan growers to plant 88 per cent of projected acres as of May 28.
Fungicide, glyphosate don’t hurt your hard red wheat quality
In terms of grain quality, this University of Manitoba-led research finds weather and variety matter most
The idea that weather and wheat variety do more to impact grain quality isn’t necessarily surprising, but new research offers up the good news that fungicides and glyphosate aren’t making the farmer’s crop worse.
May swings Manitoba seeding weather
Manitoba farmers have seen heat, frost, wind, heavy rain, no rain and everything between over May 2025
Manitoba farmers trying to seed in May 2025 have seen weather varying from extreme heat, frost, wind, heavy rain, no rain and everything between.
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