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Prairie Forecast Update: Low pushes southeast instead
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Prairie Forecast Update: Low pushes southeast instead

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The area of low pressure that was predicted to develop over central Alberta on Monday, July 17th still looks on track to develop. This will mean clouds and showers over north-central regions of Alberta late on Monday and into early Tuesday. There may be some thunderstorms overnight Monday over south-central regions. This low was originally
File photo of beluga whales in Hudson Bay off Churchill, Manitoba. (Lynn_Bystrom/iStock/Getty Images)
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Prairie Forecast: Large Hudson Bay low dominates

Forecast issued July 12, covering July 12-19

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As the weather models correctly predicted, a large and extremely strong area of low pressure formed over Hudson Bay during the last forecast period, bringing the expected cool and unsettled weather to the eastern half of the Prairies. Over the western half of the Prairies a weak upper-level ridging brought, for the most part, sunny
Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
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Prairie Forecast: Big change in weather pattern

Issued July 5, covering July 5-12

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Most people have been saying that June felt like July and the weather statistics agreed. Well, if the weather models are correct, it’s looking like July will feel more like June — at least for the next forecast period. Here is the big picture before we dive into the details for each of the three
Mammatus-type clouds over Winnipeg on the evening of July 2, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)
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Prairie Forecast Update: Low lingers in Manitoba

Issued July 2, covering July 3 to 5

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The overall forecast remains on track across both Alberta and Saskatchewan, so only a small update is needed for Manitoba. Across Manitoba, the area of low pressure that has been tracking across the northern half of the Prairie provinces is now forecasted to take a little longer to exit this region. The two main impacts
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Prairie Forecast: Alberta low to bring bit of a cooldown

Issued June 28, covering June 28 to July 5

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After a fairly active weather pattern over the last few days, at least across the eastern half of the Prairies, it looks like most regions will see much quieter few days to start off this forecast period. Weak upper-level ridging combine with a broad but weak area of surface high pressure should bring typical summer
Ducklings on display at the Red River Ex in Winnipeg on June 20, 2023 stuck to the shady side of the waterer as daytime temperatures maxed out at nearly 36 C. (Dave Bedard photo)
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Prairie Forecast: Shift in the pattern

Issued June 21, covering June 21 to 28

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The weather pattern that brought some record heat to the eastern Prairies, and some significant rains to parts of Alberta, looks like it will be undergoing a bit of change during this forecast period. The overall flow across the Prairies appears as though it will become predominantly northwesterly as an upper low sets up over
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
Aerial view of a wildfire about 20 km north of Valhalla Centre in northwestern Alberta on June 4, 2023. (Alberta Wildfire photo)
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Prairie Forecast Update: Forecast pretty much on track

Update issued June 4, covering June 4-7, 2023

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The heat and humidity moved into a large portion of the Canadian Prairies late last week and over the weekend as the previous general forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models predicted. There is not much change in the forecast for the next three days. The heat and humidity will continue across
Smoke rises from a wildfire southeast of Fort Nelson in northeastern B.C. on May 27, 2023.
Crops, Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

Forecast issued May 28, covering the period from May 29 to 31

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The weather regime across southern and central Canada is currently being dominated by a large sprawling surface high over eastern regions with a slowly digging trough of low pressure over the West Coast. The flows around these two features have been producing warm summer-like conditions across the eastern Prairies with slightly cooler conditions as you

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