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Warm, cold and the polar vortex

Believe it or not, December 2013 was one of the warmest ever for the planet

By Daniel Bezte February 4, 2014

The global weather numbers are in for December 2013, and it turns out that despite the cold weather parts of North America have been experiencing, the planet on a whole continues to be running a temperature. According to data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center, NASA and University

Weather, Weather Vane

What are the odds for big snowfalls?

By Daniel Bezte November 20, 2013

As we’ve been learning over the years, certain weather-related questions sound simple enough, but when you actually start to look at the question, it becomes tougher to figure out. Take trying to figure out when winter actually begins: the tough part is how to define just what constitutes the start of winter. Should it be

Cereals, Crops

Winter wheat can germinate in spring

By Pam De Rocquigny April 20, 2012

There are reports circulating of agronomists telling producers to reseed winter wheat fields that have just germinated this spring. As I understand, it is related to the process of vernalization and whether it has occurred or not. Last fall I wrote a Crops eNews article titled “What Happens if My Winter Wheat Didn’t Emerge?” –

Crops, News, Weather

Weather a mixed blessing for insects

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 15, 2012

Insect populations overwintering in Western Canada are likely enjoying the warmer-than-normal temperatures seen across the Canadian Prairies this winter, but the lack of snow cover could lead to increased mortality if and when the mercury does drop. Environment Canada forecasts for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are calling for unseasonably warm temperatures over the next week,

Cereals, Crops, News

EU grains vulnerable with no protective snow

February 14, 2012

(Reuters) –– Bitterly cold weather in Europe is raising concerns over damage to European Union grain plantings, but crops could still come through the cold snap unscathed, analysts said. The problem is that snow is scarce in west Europe’s Grain Belts. In France, a mild winter has soft wheat crops about two to three weeks

Weather

Possible Trend Towards Later Winters?

By Daniel Bezte November 17, 2011

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR The No. 1 question or comment I hear at this time of year is either when are we going to get snow that will stay? or I hear the normal time to get snow is November? you fill in the blank, as everyone seems to have a different date! Each year, I re-examine

Weather

There’s A Brutally Cold And Snowy Winter Ahead

By Daniel Bezte November 10, 2011

With a good portion of agricultural Manitoba seeing the first snow of winter, I thought it might be a good idea to expand on last week s November weather outlook and take a look at what all the different forecasters predict for this upcoming winter. Will it be an easy winter with little snow and

Weather

Record-Low Ice Volume In Arctic

By Daniel Bezte September 29, 2011

With beautiful fall weather firmly in place across pretty much all of Western Canada, the question for me is, exactly what should I discuss in this week s weather article? We ve already discussed just what Indian summer is, we have taken a look back at the summer of 2011, and we ve looked ahead

Weather

Spring Can Give Us Some Heavy Snow

By Daniel Bezte March 24, 2011

With spring starting to make itself felt across the region and all the talk about the deep snow and flood potential, I thought I would bring up what could be an alarming weather fact: some of our heaviest snowfalls occur during the spring! I thought I would dig back into the weather records and share

Weather

Winter Has Finally Come To An End

March 10, 2011

It’s hard to believe that another winter has come and gone, at least from a meteorological point of view. I know in our part of the world winter starts sometime in November and usually lasts until late March or early April, but according to most meteorologists (weather people) winter is simply the period of time

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Winter

Warm, cold and the polar vortex

What are the odds for big snowfalls?

Winter wheat can germinate in spring

Weather a mixed blessing for insects

EU grains vulnerable with no protective snow

Possible Trend Towards Later Winters?

There’s A Brutally Cold And Snowy Winter Ahead

Record-Low Ice Volume In Arctic

Spring Can Give Us Some Heavy Snow

Winter Has Finally Come To An End

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