Daniel Bezte

Reading Time: 3 minutes How does the saying/song go? “Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.” For many across at least the southern third of the Prairies, that other day could be a month from now! Farther north conditions are almost the exact opposite. Months of dry weather have left things extremely dry. So just what the heck […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes I know I mentioned in my last severe weather article that I would be doing a detailed discussion about tornadoes sometime soon, but that sometime is not this issue. Instead, I’ve decided to look at a particular aspect of thunderstorms that everyone has seen, can be deadly but rarely is, and is probably one of […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Another month has come and gone and the weather was anything but perfect across the Prairies in April. As is usual near the start of a new month, we’ll take a little time to look back at April’s weather and then peer ahead to see what the next month or two might hold in store. […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes A couple of articles ago I discussed how April can bring some of the biggest dumps of snow. Little did I know that was exactly what was going to happen this month. In fact, I received a couple of emails from people jokingly saying that I jinxed this April’s weather by talking about snow. So […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ayear ago we had just gone through one of the nicest, warmest Marches in recent memory. Everyone was worried about the dry conditions and there was plenty of talk about possible drought for the upcoming growing season. This year, our weather story has taken a full 180-degree turn. This March was far from warm, and […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes With spring starting to make itself felt across the region, the last thing most people want to hear is about snow. I guess I’m not most people. Springtime across the Prairies tends to bring some of the biggest snowfalls of the year, so I thought I would dig back into the weather records and share […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s hard to believe that another winter has come and gone, at least from a meteorological point of view. I know in our part of the world winter starts sometime in November and usually lasts until late March or early April, but according to most meteorologists (weather people) winter is simply the period of time […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes From a weather and agricultural point, I find this time of year to be the most difficult. Winter is still holding on, but historically we don’t see much in the way of severe weather during the second half of February. Spring is on the horizon, but is still at least three to four weeks away […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes I’m not sure why, but the talk around the water cooler seems to a have a definite lean toward snow – in particular, just how much snow we’ve received this winter. The problem I have with these discussions is that I’m just not sure why everyone thinks we have huge amounts of snow. Maybe it’s […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Trying to forecast the weather, especially in this part of the world, is probably one of the toughest things to do. Our part of the planet has some of the most active weather and all you have to do is listen to general conversation to hear just about anyone at pretty much anytime “bashing” the […] Read more