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... 22 locations (last week) broke records for their warmest overnight lows, thanks, in part, to the unusually high humidity levels. – Daniel Bezte.
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Warm start, but does a cold end to winter lie ahead?

Several longer-range weather models call for above-average temperatures in November

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After enduring a short-lived but fairly intense early-fall heat wave across nearly all of Manitoba last week, maybe it is — or maybe it isn’t — an appropriate time to take our first in-depth look at the latest fall and winter forecasts for the Canadian Prairies. Before we dig into the long-range forecasts I think
Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices
Crops, Weather

Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices

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MarketsFarm — Canola futures finished up at Monday’s close, boosted by a weather premium after a low-pressure system brought considerable snowfall to parts of Alberta over the weekend. Snow was mostly concentrated in the southern region of the province. Calgary and surrounding areas received around 30 centimetres of snow, according to preliminary results from Environment
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Forecast: Up-and-down weather ahead

Covering the period from September 23 to October 2, 2019

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I’m starting to see a bit of a trend in these forecasts since I began having an earlier deadline. Understandably, the first half of the forecast is playing out pretty well, but then the timings and locations of systems start to drift off as we get further into the future. With that said, the first
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Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Rains delay large Manitoba bean harvest

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MarketsFarm — Manitoba farmers seeded their largest dry edible bean crop in more than a decade this spring, but adverse conditions are causing delays getting it off the fields. “Last week we had some substantial moisture in the Red River Valley,” pulse specialist Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture said, noting the system brought up to
If it is a food supply issue — maybe brought on by a dry summer, for example — the geese may leave early, but that would not be linked to a possible harsh winter.
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Is nature predicting a harsh winter?

Plants and animals are reacting to near-term weather

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Over years of writing weather-related articles, the one topic on which I probably get the most emails is weather folklore. I have touched on this topic now and then, and did a fairly in-depth look at some of it last year. As I’m still in the process of gathering information to finish up our look
Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality
Crops, Weather

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

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Chicago | Reuters — Excessively wet conditions in the northern U.S. Plains and Canadian Prairies have hurt the quality of the region’s spring and durum wheat crops, potentially tightening supplies of top grades of the grains, handlers and agronomists said. Rains and heavy dew have slowed the harvest and, worse, caused mature, un-harvested wheat kernels
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A fall heat wave approaches

Covering the period from September 16 to 25, 2019

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The first half of last week’s forecast played out pretty well; we did see rain move through early in the week, followed by a second system on Thursday and Friday. What didn’t pan out were the milder temperatures with the second system. Lucky for us, the weather models didn’t do quite as well for the

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