A low pressure system continues to move east, across south and central Saskatchewan, and dumping large amounts of precipitation in some areas. This 24 hour rain accumulation map from Environment Canada shows up to 75 mm of rain has fallen in parts of south-central Saskatchewan. The following map, from the U.S. National Weather […] Read more
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Southern Sask gets a soaking: Tuesday forecast
Rainfall warnings continue today for southeastern Saskatchewan where up to 50 mm could fall in the next 24 hours as a low-pressure system over eastern Montana intensifies and moves into the province. This map, from the U.S. National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center, was issued at just before noon May 10, and it shows precipitation […] Read more
Cold wet weather moving into Sask: Monday forecast
A cold front has moved into southern Saskatchewan from northern Montana, bringing much need rain to parched Prairie soils. Much of Saskatchewan is under an extreme fire risk warning because of dry conditions, but now south western and south central Saskatchewan has been placed under a heavy rainfall warning by Environment Canada and is […] Read more
Australians hope growing season rain will combat year of El Nino drought
Australians are planting their winter crops on parched fields but help could be on the way. The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology delivered some good news for growers about moisture prospects for the first part of the Southern Hemisphere winter growing season. “Odds favour above-average rainfall over the next three months,” senior climatologist Andrew Watkins […] Read more
Long range weather maps, May 6
FORECAST HAS CHANGED. CLICK HERE FOR SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE We might see some rain in southern Saskatchewan in the coming week. The following maps in this rotation are from the U.S. National Weather Service issued on Friday. The rotation first shows the three-day accumulated precipitation forecast for May 7 to May 10, and then maps […] Read more
Shift to La Nina a new ball game
The possibility of an early shift to a La Nina might be the only obstacle to another year of ample global grain supplies and low crop prices. U.S.-based agricultural consultancy AgResource’s first forecast for 2016 grain prices was sobering with an outlook for harvest time prices for corn falling to US$2.80 per bushel, Chicago wheat […] Read more
La Nina’s early arrival could harm U.S. crops
By Karen Braun, Reuters market analyst (Reuters) — The decay of El Nino and the onset of La Niña are occurring more rapidly than it would appear. The timing of La Nina’s arrival is important to commodities markets because it has vastly different effects on global climate than its warm counterpart, El Nino. For example, […] Read more
Mild winter = early spring?
The planting season will likely start early across most of Western Canada this year, thanks to an early spring melt and an extremely mild winter that delivered average or below average snowfall to most of the Prairies. Trevor Hadwen, an agroclimate specialist with Agriculture Canada, said soil moisture levels will be reasonably good across most […] Read more
Early spring prompts disease management warning
Mild southern Alberta weather prompted scientists at Agriculture Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre to erect a spore trap last week, much earlier than usual. The trap, one of about a dozen erected each year to monitor pathogen activity, has already captured airborne sporangia. It’s an early reminder for potato growers to watch for problematic fungal pathogens […] Read more
Warm winter a mixed blessing
Ryan Mercer expects to begin seeding in early April if the warm weather continues. High temperatures and drying winds have melted the snow and started to suck moisture out of the ground at his Lethbridge-area seed farm. “I expect it will be an early spring unless things change,” said Mercer. Temperatures hovering above 10 C […] Read more
