Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Southern areas may get Hilary’s leftovers

Aug. 21, 2023 at 1:54 am CDT

An interesting weather pattern is currently in place across western North America with Tropical Storm Hilary taking an unusual northerly track as it comes in off the Pacific Ocean south of California. Tropical storms or hurricanes in that region normally do one of two things: they either recurve back out […]

B.C. wildfires intensify, evacuation orders double

Aug. 20, 2023 at 1:04 am CDT

By Chris Helgren Nia Williams

U.S. grains: Soybeans advance on hot, dry forecast

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Prairie Forecast: Upper ridge to bring the heat

Aug. 16, 2023 at 2:24 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Alberta farmers granted late AgriStability entry

Aug. 14, 2023 at 10:21 pm CDT

Prairie Forecast Update: Low to chug through mid-week

Aug. 14, 2023 at 1:46 am CDT

The weather models seem to have come to an agreement on the area of low pressure forecasted to come in off the Pacific around mid-week. It looks like the energy from this system will quickly spin up an area of low pressure over north-central Alberta on Tuesday. The low will […]

By Daniel Bezte

Canada’s record-setting wildfires could persist for rest of ‘marathon’ summer

Aug. 11, 2023 at 8:13 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Record-setting wildfires in Canada could potentially continue burning at an abnormally high rate for several more weeks, though the spread of blazes is likely to start diminishing in September, according to federal projections released on Friday. Forest fires have engulfed parts of nearly all 13 Canadian […]

By Ismail Shakil

Weather and harvest update

Aug. 11, 2023 at 4:21 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia senior editor Gord Gilmour, and MarketsFarm’s director of weather and markets, Bruce Burnett, discuss their latest take on crop conditions, harvest operations and the weather.

Feed weekly outlook: Crop conditions, barley demand lower

Aug. 10, 2023 at 6:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As combining operations begin, dryness continues to plague crops in many parts of Saskatchewan. But while crop conditions aren’t as bad as they were during the drought of 2021, according to trader Evan Peterson from JGL Commodities in Saskatoon, crops are still very parched. “Southern and western parts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie Forecast: Cooler and unsettled

Aug. 9, 2023 at 6:34 pm CDT

First off, I must apologize for not producing an update to the last forecast; I had the opportunity to do some backwoods camping, which meant I was off the grid for about five days. I’m back now, and from the weather model runs I’ve been able to check out, this […]

By Daniel Bezte