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Prairie forecast: Temperature rollercoaster to continue

Forecast issued April 16, covering April 16 to 23, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes Spring is the toughest time to forecast, but this spring is being particularly tough. The atmosphere is in a very meridional flow right now. That means there are lots of troughs and ridges. So, instead of a persistent westerly flow across our region we are seeing warm southerly flows as ridges build, followed by cool northerly flows as the ridges collapse and are replaced by troughs of low pressure.



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Prairie forecast: Warm start, unsettled weekend across extreme south

Forecast issued April 9, covering April 9 to 16, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes When we have these battles between warm and cold air, there's always a good chance for a storm system or area of low pressure to develop. We've seen this happen a few times this spring and looking at the latest medium range weather models, the Prairies are likely in for a few more storms as the battle continues.



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Prairie forecast: Two lows and a high

Forecast issued April 2, covering April 2 to 9, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes This forecast period looks to be be defined by two areas of low pressure, one spinning off the west coast and the other spinning over eastern Canada. Exactly how these two lows behave a move will have a big impact on temperatures across the central and eastern Prairies.



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Alberta-based Sunterra companies in financial, legal trouble

The home-grown company is renowned for its diversified model and value-added processing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta-based Sunterra Farms has filed notice for protection under federal bankruptcy and insolvency laws to restructure itself financially while three of its U.S. subsidiaries face mounting legal and financial woes.

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Prairie forecast: Spring storm could bring significant snow

Forecast issued March 26, covering March 26 to April 2, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We start this forecast period with a strong area of low pressure pushing in off the southern coast of B.C. This low will bring very mild temperatures to southern Alberta on Wednesday and into Thursday. It will then help to develop an area of low pressure over south-central regions early Thursday morning.



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Prairie forecast: Spring battle between warm and cold continues

Forecast issued March 19, covering March 19 to 26, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes For this forecast period the weather models are showing a fairly quiet weather pattern will only a couple of chances of light snow as weak systems track along the boundary between the cold Arctic air to our north and milder air to the south. This is the big question mark for this forecast period: just where will this boundary be?