Reading Time: 4 minutes Prairie forecast calls for warm temperatures to give way to cooler, wetter weather week of Oct. 22-29.
Prairie forecast: Warm start, then cooler
Prolonged drought causes unprecedented productivity loss: Study
Reading Time: 2 minutes Colorado State University — Extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems that cover nearly half the planet, says new research published in the journal Science. “Climate change is bringing more severe and longer-lasting droughts to many locations around the world. Some ecosystems have shown resilience […] Read more
Australia’s weather bureau casts doubt on prospects for La Nina
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia’s weather bureau is not convinced that a La Nina weather pattern is forming that could change rainfall patterns and bring wilder weather to parts of the Americas, Asia and Oceania, affecting crop production.
Prairie forecast: Active pattern continues with mostly-dry west, wet start for east
Reading Time: 3 minutes The active pattern that we saw last week looks to continue into this forecast period which means more chances for rain, possibly some wet snow and a continuation of the temperature rollercoaster ride.
Prairie forecast: A temperature rollercoaster and the possibility of snow
Reading Time: 4 minutes Prairie forecast covering October 8 to 15, 2025. The Prairies may be in for a prolonged battle between warm and cold air before winter sets in. This could bring lots of rain or snow.
Prairie forecast: Transition from warm to cool brings chances for rain
Reading Time: 3 minutes The big question leading into this forecast period is — just how long will the summery temperatures will continue? After all we are now into October.
Prairie forecast: Looks like summer weather
Reading Time: 3 minutes Highlights: We appear to be in a fairly predictable weather pattern as the overall weather picture has been pretty good. We saw upper-level ridging last week bring average to above average temperatures across the Prairies. The forecasted area of low pressure over the eastern Prairies materialized as forecasted. As often typical with upper-level lows, the […] Read more
Prairie forecast: Warm, dry west; warm, unsettled east
Reading Time: 3 minutes Highlights Summary Last week’s forecast did well considering the unusually blocking pattern that developed. An area of low pressure did develop as expected over the west-central U.S. It tried to push northwards and eastwards but was kept mostly in place by a strong ridge of high pressure over the central and eastern Prairies. The models […] Read more
Prairie forecast: Summer holds on
Reading Time: 3 minutes Once again, the weather models did a good job with the last forecast. It correctly predicted the cool weather pattern over the eastern Prairies, which did bring some light scattered frosts late last week. It also was correct about the return of warm temperatures to start this week. Meanwhile, the western Prairies saw plenty of […] Read more
Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west
Forecast issued September 3, covering Sept. 3 to 10, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes We start this period with a large upper low over northern Ontario, an area of Arctic high pressure building southwards over Manitoba and strong but narrow upper ridge of high pressure over B.C. This particular setup is going to bring cool temperatures over the eastern Prairies for the next several days. Western regions will stay on the mild side.
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