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Prairie forecast: Drier with a slow warming trend

By Daniel Bezte June 5, 2024

Now—for those of you who still need rain, the developing pattern doesn't look like an overall dry pattern. It's just not all clouds with the threat of showers every couple of days. For those of you on the eastern Prairies who are tired of rain then a little sunshine and heat is what the doctor ordered.

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Warmer Canadian weather for the summer: ECCC

June 3, 2024

Most of Canada should see warmer than normal temperatures during the summer months, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) seasonal forecast as of May 31.

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Prairie forecast: Plenty of chances for rain

Forecast issued May 29, covering May 20 to June 5, 2024

By Daniel Bezte May 29, 2024

Looking at the big picture, we should see some warmer temperatures—after all it is June—but I still don't see signs of any sustained heat.

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Prairie forecast: Cool, unsettled weather across the Prairies

Forecast issued May 22, covering May 22 to 29, 2024

By Daniel Bezte May 22, 2024

Rainy, cool and unsettled weather to continue across the Prairies as the influence of upper lows continue.

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Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies

By Daniel Bezte May 15, 2024

For this forecast period, well, it's a bit of a mess. Overall, it looks like we could be stuck in a cool, wet pattern until the end of the month.

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Prairie forecast: Mild with a chance of showers

By Daniel Bezte May 8, 2024

A large area of low pressure stalled out just south of the Prairies early this week, bringing some much-needed significant rains that stretched from western Manitoba through Saskatchewan and into Alberta. This low is forecasted to rapidly break down over the next day or so and make way for some nice late-spring weather.

The recent rains across the Midwest and Plains could now be delayed from late May to early June. Photo: File

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Weather forecaster tweaks outlook for Prairies, Midwest

May 6, 2024

As Drew Lerner stood by his weather outlook for the strong likelihood of below normal rainfall and above normal temperatures this summer for the Canadian Prairies, along with the United States Midwest and Plains, he has now slightly moderated that long range forecast. About a month ago, the president of World Weather Inc. in Overland […] Read more

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Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather to continue

Forecast issued May 1, 2024, covering May 1-8

By Daniel Bezte May 1, 2024

The weather and subsequent forecasts lately have been—to state it simply—a mess. A very active but difficult to forecast pattern has developed across much of Canada and the northern U.S. states. This has brought damp and cool weather to most regions of the Prairies and unfortunately, it looks like this weather will be sticking around at least until the weekend.

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Seasonal outlook points to warmer Canadian weather

April 30, 2024

Warmer than normal temperatures are to be expected across most of Canada over the next three months, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment and Climate Change Canada as of April 30.

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How do smoky skies affect corn crops?

Obscured sunlight and poorer air quality offer benefits as well as drawbacks for the plants

By Don Norman April 30, 2024

Occasional plumes of smoke from distant wildfires may affect human comfort — but how does a smoke-obscured sun and poor air quality affect crops? “This has been a big topic of conversation where I work in the state of Indiana,” says Dan Quinn, an assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist at Purdue University. […] Read more

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Prairie forecast: Drier with a slow warming trend

Warmer Canadian weather for the summer: ECCC

Prairie forecast: Plenty of chances for rain

Prairie forecast: Cool, unsettled weather across the Prairies

Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies

Prairie forecast: Mild with a chance of showers

Weather forecaster tweaks outlook for Prairies, Midwest

Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather to continue

Seasonal outlook points to warmer Canadian weather

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