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Prairie forecast: Looks like summer weather

Highlights: We appear to be in a fairly predictable weather pattern as the overall weather picture has been pretty good. We saw upper-level ridging last week bring average to above average temperatures across the Prairies. The forecasted area of low pressure over the eastern Prairies materialized as forecasted. As often typical with upper-level lows, the […] Read more

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Global warming and rainfall for Prairie farmers

As the atmosphere warms, farmers in the Prairie region could see more heavy rainfalls

Reading Time: 4 minutes Heavy rainfalls will become more common as the prevailing climate conditions on the Canadian Prairies become more conducive for their development, weather expert Daniel Bezte says.


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Prairie forecast: Warm, dry west; warm, unsettled east

Highlights Summary Last week’s forecast did well considering the unusually blocking pattern that developed. An area of low pressure did develop as expected over the west-central U.S. It tried to push northwards and eastwards but was kept mostly in place by a strong ridge of high pressure over the central and eastern Prairies. The models […] Read more




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Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west

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