Davis’s wireless Vantage Pro2 console/receiver unit.

Weather station ideas for the early Christmas shopper

A cheap portable station will provide basic data well enough, but don’t expect longevity

I thought I would start earlier than usual with my yearly look at weather-related items you may want to buy for that weather geek in your life. This way, you have lots of time to look around to try and find the best price. Unfortunately, it kind of hurts when you have to buy from

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

Some Prairie canola growers may now be able to get back to their unharvested canola, but the Canola Council of Canada warns that tough or damp canola can still be volatile, even at cooler outdoor temperatures. The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry on Wednesday reported “a few” growers in the province’s southeast were out harvesting canola last


(Dave Bedard photo)

World wine output seen at four-year low

Paris | Reuters –– Worldwide wine production is expected to fall this year to its lowest since 2012, chiefly due to adverse weather that sharply cut output in France and South America, wine body OIV estimated on Thursday. Global wine output is set to decrease by five per cent compared with last year to 259.5

Forecast: Chances of rain beyond the weekend

Issued October 17, 2016 – Covering the period from October 19 to October 26, 2016

Not that this summer’s weather was very predictable, but fall and spring tend to be notorious periods for accurate forecasting. During these periods, the atmosphere is changing due to the rapid shift in incoming solar radiation (that is, sunlight). We saw this over the last forecast period, as a western low developed as expected, but





Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 24

Final Report of 2016: Conditions as of October 17, 2016

Provincially, harvest in Manitoba is estimated at 92 per cent complete. Harvest of cereal crops and field peas is 99 per cent complete, canola and edible beans 95 per cent complete, soybeans 88 per cent complete, flax 50 per cent complete, and sunflowers and grain corn harvest at 20 to 25 per cent complete. Wet



Last spring and first fall frost.

A deeper look at spring and fall frost dates

Winnipeg has seen unusually short and long frost-free seasons, but no clear trend either way

Well, that didn’t take long. At the end of last week’s article I pointed out it only takes one big storm system to totally change a monthly weather outlook. For western regions, this happened last week, as a very strong area of low pressure formed over Montana and then slowly pushed north-northeast through Saskatchewan and

U.S. forecaster sees La Nina likely in coming months

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government forecaster on Thursday said the chance has increased for weather phenomenon La Nina developing in the coming months in the Northern Hemisphere fall and persist into winter 2016-17. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in a monthly forecast pegged the chance


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