What’s the best way to determine if a storm is capable of producing severe weather? The first thing is to listen to Environment Canada for watches and warnings. It is the only entity allowed to issue watches and warnings in Canada. If a watch is issued, it means the potential exists for severe thunderstorms, but […] Read more
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Time to start watching severe summer weather
What are the ingredients for severe thunderstorms? First, you need rising air. To get that, you need heat. Or more accurately, you need a large difference in temperature between two areas. There are a couple of ways you can achieve this. One that most people are familiar with is to have a very hot day, […] Read more
Farmers play the thunderstorm lottery
From May until early August, almost all rain that fell on southern Manitoba came from thunderstorms. There hadn’t been a widespread rain for months — until the weekend of Aug. 12. The rain’s arrival is too late for crops like wheat and oats, but the precipitation should provide a boost for corn and soybean yields […] Read more
