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Prairie forecast: Potential to turn cool and wet

Forecast issued July 9, covering July 9 to 16, 2025

For this forecast period we are starting off with a large area of high pressure over Ontario and an equally large area of low pressure over the Yukon. The clockwise flow around the Ontario high, combined with the counterclockwise flow around the Yukon low, is creating a widespread southerly flow across the Prairies. This should lead to one more day of warm temperatures across the western Prairies and a couple more days over the eastern half.



Beekeepers intentionally use smoke to calm bees, but the wildfire smoke that blanketed the province in recent weeks was less than helpful. Photo: File

Wildfire smoke threatens to hinder honey flow

Honeybees hunker down when there’s too much smoke in the air

In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, air quality advisories for long stretches of the last few months have been bad news for beekeepers. Simon Lalonde equates heavy smoke to a rainy day — without the benefit of rain.







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Prairie forecast: Looking warm and dry for Canada Day

Forecast issued June 25, covering June 25 to July 2, 2025

A broad but unorganized area of low pressure impacts all three Prairie provinces for at least the first half of this forecast period. Unsettled weather means it will be a difficult forecast to pin down. It also means seasonable temperatures with no big intense heat waves expected—though that doesn’t mean we won’t see a few hot days.



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Prairie forecast: Unsettled weather ahead

Forecast issued June 18, covering June 18 to 25, 2025

For this forecast period we start, once again, with no strong systems impacting the Prairies. But, as we head into the weekend a strong area of low pressure is forecasted to develop over the western U.S. This low will impact our region over the weekend, but how and where is a little uncertain.