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Prairie forecast: Looks like summer weather

Sep. 24, 2025 at 10:44 am CDT

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 […]

Prairie forecast: Warm, dry west; warm, unsettled east

Sep. 17, 2025 at 11:29 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

A combine is seen over the top of standing grain while a cloud of dust flies up around it.

Prairie forecast: Summer holds on

Sep. 10, 2025 at 11:09 am CDT

An old rusty farm plow in a lush green field under a cloudy sky, surrounded by trees and wildflowers

Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west

Sep. 3, 2025 at 10:34 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Photo by Sonia Third
The sun begins to set on some spring wheat harvesting in southern Alberta.

Prairie forecast: Warm and dry for the long weekend

Aug. 27, 2025 at 9:23 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Sunny, warm end to the month

Aug. 20, 2025 at 10:23 am CDT

To start this forecast period, we have an area of low pressure developing over Montana. This will help bring one more day of intense heat over southern Saskatchewan and a hot day over Manitoba. That same low will bring partly cloudy skies and the chance of showers to a good portion of Alberta.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Unsettled weather to continue

Aug. 13, 2025 at 9:51 am CDT

For this forecast period it looks like the active pattern that developed last week will continue with a couple of lows forecasted to impact parts of the Prairies.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Merging lows bring plenty of chances for rain

Aug. 6, 2025 at 10:25 am CDT

For this forecast period we start with a small but fairly potent area of low pressure lifting northwards through Manitoba. Meanwhile, weak high pressure is covering Alberta and Saskatchewan.

By Daniel Bezte