Daniel Bezte column on the complex interaction of wildfire smoke and weather.
Weather — page 3
How smoke changes weather
A lot of variables come into play while trying to understand this interplay
Canola prices hit resistance, watching weather
Crush margins are dropping fast, dampening buying interest in the week ending June 6, 2025
Looking at canola prices on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), crush margins are dropping fast, dampening buying interest in the week ending June 6, 2025.
Prairie forecast: Summer pattern making forecast difficult
Forecast issued June 4, covering June 4-11, 2025
We start this forecast period off with an area of low pressure over far northern Manitoba that is slowly moving off into Hudson Bay. To the west, an area of low pressure is developing over the Yukon which is helping to develop a weak ridge of high pressure over Alberta. Over southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba weak high pressure is in place.
What we know about how wildfire smoke affects Prairie crops
Impacts depend on smoke quantity, plant progress, surrounding weather conditions
Prairie farmers don't have to go far right now to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what their crops will experience this year is a more complicated matter.
Canadian Prairies brace for hot and dry summer
Western Canada saw a scorching spring with little rain, and weather models suggest summer 2025 will bring more of the same
Western Canada saw a scorching spring with little rain. Weather models suggest summer 2025 will be equally hot and dry.
India’s monsoon stalls after early start
Monsoon to pick up again around June 11
Rainfall over India is likely to remain subdued for over a week as the annual monsoon’s progress has stalled after its earliest onset in 16 years, though it is likely to pick up again from June 11, two senior weather bureau officials said on Monday.
Drought developing in northern Saskatchewan agricultural region
Almost no rain has fallen since April 1 in Nipawin and Prince Albert
In the 30 days of April, Nipawin received one millimetre of precipitation. In the first 27 days of May, the Environment Canada weather station in Nipawin recorded 1.5 mm of rain and snow.
Prairie forecast: Mostly warm and dry weather expected
Forecast issued May 28, covering May 28 to June 4, 2025
We start off with high pressure dominating most of the Prairies. A large surface high is sitting over the north-central U.S. This is beginning to tap into more heat and moisture, which will allow for warmer daytime highs and nighttime lows as dewpoints creep up.
Prairie forecast: Cool and damp, then sunny and warm
Forecast issued May 21, covering May 21 to 28, 2025
For this forecast period, it seems set to dry out and warm up. I suppose that's good for the areas that recently received significant rainfall and not so good for those regions dealing with fires.
What makes the wind blow?
The ingredients for wind include gravity, pressure, Coliolis and friction that work to move air
The ingredients for wind include gravity, pressure, Coliolis and friction that work to move air.
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