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Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west

Forecast issued September 3, covering Sept. 3 to 10, 2025

By Daniel Bezte September 3, 2025

We start this period with a large upper low over northern Ontario, an area of Arctic high pressure building southwards over Manitoba and strong but narrow upper ridge of high pressure over B.C. This particular setup is going to bring cool temperatures over the eastern Prairies for the next several days. Western regions will stay on the mild side.

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Prairie forecast: Warm and dry for the long weekend

Forecast issued August 27, covering Aug. 27 to Sept. 3, 2025

By Daniel Bezte August 27, 2025

This forecast period is looking straightforward as surface high pressure and upper-level ridging looks to dominate the forecast. This should bring what looks to be an extended period of sunny skies and warm to hot temperatures.

Heavy rainfall in a field near Randolph, Man. on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Weather school: Reasons for big rainfall on the Prairies

Heavy, severe rain needs a couple of conditions before farms in Western Canada get soaked

By Daniel Bezte August 26, 2025

Heavy, severe rain events need a couple of conditions before farms in Western Canada get soaked: Moisture in the atmosphere is just one of them.

Weather

Warmer and wetter future for Prairie farms

Higher humidity and intense rainfall events are all but inevitable as the planet warms

By Daniel Bezte August 22, 2025

Warming oceans and warming air translate to more humidity. For Manitoba farmers, greater availability of water vapour will make it more likely for precipitation events to tend to the extreme.

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Prairie forecast: Sunny, warm end to the month

Forecast issued August 20, covering Aug. 20 to 27, 2025

By Daniel Bezte August 20, 2025

To start this forecast period, we have an area of low pressure developing over Montana. This will help bring one more day of intense heat over southern Saskatchewan and a hot day over Manitoba. That same low will bring partly cloudy skies and the chance of showers to a good portion of Alberta.

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Prairie heatwaves and upper highs

Sunshine and sinking air mean rising temperatures for the Prairies

By Daniel Bezte August 16, 2025

Weather expert Daniel Bezte looks at heat waves and the climate factors that lead to extended periods of high heat in the Prairies.

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Brief La Niña expected in fall 2025 before more stable pattern returns says U.S. forecaster

By Reuters August 14, 2025

A brief period of La Nina conditions is favoured in the fall and early winter 2025-26 before reverting to a more stable El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday.

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Prairie forecast: Unsettled weather to continue

Forecast prepared August 13, covering August 13 to 20, 2025

By Daniel Bezte August 13, 2025

For this forecast period it looks like the active pattern that developed last week will continue with a couple of lows forecasted to impact parts of the Prairies.

Drought devastated field pea plots at the PESAI research farm in Arborg. PHOTO: Don Norman

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Soybeans, peas flag under Manitoba drought conditions

Manitoba’s lack of rain is stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential in soybean and pea fields

By Don Norman August 9, 2025

Manitoba’s pea and soybean acres are suffering in drought-stricken regions like the Interlake. Dry conditions are stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential.

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Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west

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