Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’re looking for a crystal ball to predict the weather for the coming year, steer clear of whatever brand Environment Canada is using. “In October or November, it does its forecast of what the winter’s going to be like, and for three years in a row now, it has been diametrically 180 degrees opposite […] Read more
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Five to Remember: Vagaries of weather forecasts prove there's no crystal ball involved
Pricey tile worth the money, producers say
Costs of up to $1.20 a foot means tiling makes the most sense in areas with ‘substantial rainfall’
Reading Time: 5 minutes Hidden in the hills west of Bentley, an eight-mile system of black plastic tubing snakes its way underground through the low areas, silently sucking excess moisture out of the saturated valleys that have made working the land a struggle for area farmers like Jason Lenz. But since installing his tile drainage system nearly 30 years […] Read more
Rain, rain, come again
A series of late-July storms brought some relief to some parts of the province, but a lack of moisture is the big issue on many farms
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hot, sunny weather around the province through much of July made for ideal BBQ and beach weather — but bordered on too much of a good thing for some Alberta crops. With the exception of the fairly wet Lake Country, farmers around almost the entire province hoped for rain when the low-pressure system blew through […] Read more
Drenched again: South inundated, but it could have been worse
The damage to infrastructure will take time to repair, and the effects on many farms and ranches will be long lasting
Reading Time: 5 minutes The night Willow Creek flooded was a sleepless one for Cecilie Fleming and husband Duncan. Every hour, the couple slogged through the rain and the mud in their yard just east of the creek and used an electric fence post to measure the rise of the rapidly swelling torrent of water. Two feet became four […] Read more
Models cause for less hail, but less rain, too
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta has the dubious distinction of having the most — and biggest — hail in the world. “We’re very famous for that,” said University of Alberta meteorologist Gerhard Reuter. And you can blame it on the Rocky Mountains, which affect airflows to create ‘hail alley’ — a corridor stretching from Rocky Mountain House to Red […] Read more
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