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December’s weather outlook? Cold

A good portion of the record-level heating we saw in November took place during the night

By Daniel Bezte December 9, 2016

Well, it’s now official. November 2016 has gone down in the record books as the warmest month on record across much of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. In the last issue I pointed out we should easily beat the record, and we did exactly that. In fact, we didn’t just break the record for the warmest November

A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Weather

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

By GFM Network News, John Greig December 9, 2016

Statistics Canada has confirmed what most farmers in Ontario knew this past summer: Hot and droughty conditions drove production of corn and soybeans almost 10 per cent lower than 2015 levels. StatsCan’s harvest report, released this week, also showed the large wheat crop in Ontario was a record, with a 56 per cent increase in

Livestock, Weather

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week

By GFM Network News December 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the U.S. could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014. Anticipation of a freezing blast began to build this week when

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Winter arrives with a vengeance

Issued December 5, 2016 – Covering the period from December 7 to December 14, 2016

By Daniel Bezte December 8, 2016

It seems like each week, forecasts start out the same, and this week is no exception. Last week’s forecast did a pretty good job, and this week’s forecast is starting off with a storm system affecting some or all of southern and central Manitoba. A strong area of low pressure will likely depart southern Manitoba

Anomalies in weekly averaged sea surface temperature (Celsius) over the Pacific for the week centred on Nov. 30, 2016. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees weak La Nina likely to fade in early 2017

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 8, 2016

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said weak La Nina conditions were present but favoured to dissipate in the coming months. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said in a monthly forecast that conditions were likely to transition back to neutral during January through March. The report said

Soil moisture (top five cm of soil) on Prairies for November 2016, measured as difference from average. (AAFC Drought Watch map)

Crops, Weather

Winter wonderland piles on saturated eastern Prairies

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News December 6, 2016

CNS Canada — While a wave of snow slowly pummels parts of Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba, one soil moisture expert says water is still trickling through the soil into natural water channels. According to Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Watch program in Regina, this is a good thing, as

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse soil erosion trend, U.N. says

By Alex Whiting, GFM Network News December 5, 2016

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Planting more lentils, chickpeas and other pulses will improve the health of the world’s soils that have reached critical levels, threatening to worsen hunger and poverty levels, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. About a third of the world’s soils are degraded because of soil

Crops, Weather

StatsCan report may raise more questions than answers

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 2, 2016

CNS Canada –– The lateness of this year’s harvest will likely leave more questions than answers when Statistics Canada releases its final production estimates of the year Tuesday, as a significant portion of the crop was likely still on the fields when the survey was conducted. Model-based estimates released in September placed the canola crop

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Stormy pattern trying to develop

Issued November 28, 2016 – Covering the period from November 30 to December 7, 2016

By Daniel Bezte December 1, 2016

Once again the weather models got the general pattern correct, but as usual, the weather is in the details. Last week’s weather models showed another Colorado low developing and tracking south of us during the first half of the week. Fast-forward a few days and now that same Colorado low is expected to spin out

Nathon Kucherhan checks out a device known as Stevenson Screen, which includes temperature and humidity sensors.

Local news, Weather

Automatic weather station expanded, modernized

Shoal Lake Airport’s data collection part of grid design

By Darrell Nesbitt November 30, 2016

The weather is always a topic of conversation, and with recent upgrades to the automatic weather station at the Shoal Lake Airport, there will be even more details to discuss. According to Nathon Kucherhan, supervisor of Meteorological Services of Canada, based in Winnipeg, the upgrade includes all new infrastructure: cable, signal and power structures and

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December’s weather outlook? Cold

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week

Forecast: Winter arrives with a vengeance

U.S. forecaster sees weak La Nina likely to fade in early 2017

Winter wonderland piles on saturated eastern Prairies

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse soil erosion trend, U.N. says

StatsCan report may raise more questions than answers

Forecast: Stormy pattern trying to develop

Automatic weather station expanded, modernized

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