More cold, snowy, disruptive weather for the prairies. Chinooks in southern Alberta. Update on prairie drought, and latest La Nina projection. Prairie weather outlook for this week at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

It's cold across the prairies. Not for long! Arctic air dominates now (Thursday), and overnight wind chills could push -40. But the weekend will be warmer, and by Sunday, much warmer. The updated outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Brrrrr. Winterrrrr. Cold, snowy weather grips the prairies this week, though brief chinooks will give a few breaks from the cold in southern Alberta. They will also cause strong wind, perhaps dangerously strong. Read all about it at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

An active winter weather pattern is developing. For the eastern prairies, some of the coldest weather of the season. For Alberta, snow to the north, and chinooks to the south. Update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Warm and cold, rain and snow, chinooks and frost, freeze and thaw. A typical start to December on the prairies. Check out this week’s prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx. #abstotm #skwx #skstorm #mbwx #mbstorm

More SNOW for southern Alberta. And for the rest of the prairies, it's a cold weekend ahead. The setup for snow Thursday night and Friday is similar to what we had earlier this week. S Shovel and plow. An updated outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Snow! Twice! This week! Cold, too. It took a while, but winter weather has arrived on the southern prairies. Shovels, plows, coats, gloves, weather warnings, soothing warm beverages….you know the drill. Details at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

I know....it's Friday, and you don't want to think about Monday, but.... Heads up for southern Albertans.....Monday will be snowy. Not a lot, 5-10 cm, but the first significant snow of the year is never fun on the roads. #yyc #abstorm Image from pivotalweather.com.

Ah! Well, nevertheless

A change to colder, snowier weather is ahead. For many of us across the prairies, this'll be the weekend to finish up outdoor chores. The midweek update to our weather outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abstorm #skstorm #mbstorm #abwx #skwx #mbwx

When bad weather is a good thing. Can the polar vortex rescue us from drought? Yes, cold weather arrives later this month, but this week's mild and, for the most part, dry. This week's prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Dry. So dry. The latest Canadian Drought Monitor shows 82 percent of the Canadian prairies is abnormally dry or in drought. A healthy snowpack and spring rains have rarely been so important as they are this season. www.ruralrootscanada.com/heading-into... #drought #farm #prairiedrought

20 degrees ....in November??!! Can't rule that out, as mild November weather continues across the southern prairies through the weekend. Up north...a different colder, snowier story. The midweek prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Wintry weather remans in hiding for most of the prairies this week. Some areas will get rain, not snow. Other areas could see temperatures in the high teens, maybe even 20. What's going on at your place? The outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Across the prairies, it'll either feel like winter, or feel like summer. Big weather differences over space and time, thanks to the continuing parade of Alberta clippers. Find the parade route, and the weekend outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Honoured to emcee the Alberta–NWT Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, the largest indoor service in Calgary, at the Jubilee Auditorium. We must never forget the sacrifices that secured our freedom. We will remember them. 🌺 #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

Sure sign of winter....Alberta Clippers! This week, it's one after another. Some of us will get snow, and some of us will get nothing. An explanation, complete with colourful charts, is here, at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abstorm #skstorm #mbstorm

Halloween's warm! The weekend's even warmer! Record high temperatures are possible for parts of the prairies this weekend. But it will be windy. Very windy. An updated prairie weather outlook for the weekend at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

This week: Snow in the north. Dry in the south. This week's prairie weather update is at Rural Roots Canada. Most importantly....will the kids need to wear coats over their Halloween costumes? Is the forecast a trick or a treat? www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Sunny, dry, and warm across the prairies through the weekend. Somewhere, sometime, some day this weekend, someone may experience a 20 degree day. The Midweek weather update has been posted to Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Weather ups and downs this week: AB & SK - tempeature's up, soil moisture's down. Manitoba - clouds are up, rain's coming down. Check out this week's prairie weather outlook, and be down with what's up. #abwx #abstorm #skwx #skstorm #mbwx #mbstorm www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Alberta gets a chinook this weekend. Saskatchewan has typical fall weather. Manitoba gets rain. And more rain. And more rain. And, there's also some snow in the midweek weather update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

It's Thanksgiving Monday! Is this week's outlook a turkey? If so, tell me to stuff it. Eventually, it'll be as warm as gravy. There is a 100% chance of leftovers. Feast your eyes on this week's prairie weather outlook. You're welcome. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #reallybadpost

RAIN! SNOW! Just as travellers travel and farmers farm over the Thanksgiving weekend, the prairies get hit with rain, snow, and strong wind. Nasty in places. A midweek weather update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx #abstorm #skwx #skstorm #mbwx #mbstorm

Never been a fan of quoting weather models in a forecast. The models say this, the models say that, blah blah blah. But this week, there was no way around it. The weekly weather outlook for the prairies at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

FROST! Alberta's first widespread frost ls likely this weekend for areas north of High River. And there will be rain in all three prairie provinces. The when and the why - at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

October...the month of harvest, Halloween, Oktoberfest, and....summer weather? The warm, dry weather pattern continues into October, with a few showery interruptions. This week's weather outlook for the prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

We're starting to feel autumn's chill. Nights are cool, afternoon highs are sliding, but we still have the sun. And, for most of us, the sun will continue through the weekend. The province by province, day by day outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Summer and winter….all during the first week of fall. Prairie highs could approach 30. Then it snows. In the mountains. The day by day, province by province prairie weather outlook for this week is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Summer sunshine stretches through the weekend in Alberta, expanding eastward. What it means for Friday and the weekend - the day to day province by province outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

As rain returns to the eastern prairies, Alberta has another dry week ahead. For the most part. Oh...and fog. Day by day details to help you plan your week...at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

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Weekend weather outlook - More Alberta sunshine.....stormier to the east. Improvements in the drought situation. Summer's not over! The weekend update is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Typically, this is the week of the first frost. It’s too warm for that! A few showers and storms may punctuate this week’s dry weather pattern. Detailed #harvest weather for the prairies at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Dry and warm resumes Friday and continues through the weekend across the prairies. Forest fire smoke, especially in Alberta, may linger. An updated day by day province by province outlook looking toward and into the weekend is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Meteorological fall (Sep, Oct, Nov) is underway. Calgary's meteorological summer (Jun, Jul, Aug) was a bit warmer and a lot wetter than average. The avg temp of 16.4 is less than a degree above the long term avg of 15.6. We had 318.8 mm of rain, which is 137% of average. Chart: CPC

In Calgary, August was both warmer and drier than average. The mean temp of 17.7 is a degree and a half above the long term average of 16.2. We had 48.6 mm of rain, which is slightly below the long term average of 53.5 mm. Map from CPC: temperature departures from avg.

Gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day. Followed by another one. And another one. And a few more after that. September begins. School starts. The harvest continues. Beneficial weather for all. The week's outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

The last long weekend of summer is upon us. It'll feel like the middle of summer, with bright sunshine and hot weather. And, there is no end in sight for this weather pattern. The mid week weather update for the prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

A long duration stretch of dry weather. When it’s not warm, it”s hot. Thi# week’s day by day, province by province weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx #skwx #mbwx #hot

Sunshine replaces storms across the prairies. Alberta now, Saskatchewan tomorrow, Manitoba on the weekend. The weather you've been waiting for is in the mid week day-by-day, province-by-province outlook at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx #skwx #mbwx

La Nina returns! What it means for fall weather on the prairies, and the day by day province by province weather outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx #skwx #mbwx

Yes, there's been a lot of rain in parts of Alberta, and there could be a bit more on the weekend. The day by day province by province weekend outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Another week of one storm after another. Rain on most of the prairies. Who gets what and when? The day to day province by province details at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

The outlook has changed! Wet weather continues on the prairies, with a chance for more storms and severe weather. An update to the day-to-day, province-by-province weather outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

States of agricultural disaster have been declared in several municipalities due to drought. This week's rain is too late for too many. The day by day province by province outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Forgot to mention earlier.....I attended a house party last weekend, where I was asked to explain the El Nino Southern Oscillation. Yes, I'm that kind of fun.

Changes to the forecast! A bit more heat than earlier expected, and more rain, too. It looks like the weekend will bring wet weather to much of the prairies. The day to day, province by province outlook....updated at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

True. And successful.

I'm an author! (sort of). Excited to share that I wrote the weather content for the 2026 Almanac edition of the iconic Canadian magazine Harrowsmith. It was so much fun to work on this, and I'm very thankful for the opportunity. It goes on sale today (July 28).