Canada Prairies Prognosticator
Inside this edition of the Canadian Prairies Agricultural Weather Prognosticator is an updated outlook for December and January across the Prairies. There is also an assessment of La Nina's bias for producing snow in the southwestern Prairies. Attention was made over recent cooling ocean surface temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska and how that might impact summer 2026 weather. Updated soil moisture maps for various areas in the world are included in this issue as well as updates on South America weather, La Nina and excessive rain events in Southeast Asia.
Inside this edition of the Canadian Prairies Agricultural Weather Prognosticator is an update on drought across the Prairies and an updated outlook for November and the winter of 2025-26. This newsletter also includes commentary on Argentina, India, the United States and the Southern Oscillation Index. Updated soil moisture graphics for selected areas around the world are also included in this report.
Inside this issue of the Canadian Prairies Agricultural Weather Prognosticator is a discussion over recent dryness. Drying has returned to the Prairies and while that has been a great thing for the maturation and harvest of 2025 crops there is a need for rain to replenish soil moisture down deep into the ground for 2026 crops. There is also an update over the October and October through December weather outlook. Updates on weather in the United States, Brazil, India and China as well as comments regarding the potential for La Nina are also included in this issue.
Inside this edition of the Canadian Prairies Agricultural Weather Prognosticator there will be an update on the cold weather in regard to the weekend of September 6 being the end of the 45-day repeating cold cycle that has prevailed this year. An update on the September weather outlook and an early look at October was included in this edition, although the October outlook may change later as it becomes better known what will happen in the tropics and to the proposed La Nina potential. Soil moisture updates are provided in this issue for selected areas around the world and a discussion regarding future rainfall in the Prairies. Special weather updates on India, Argentina and China are also included in this issue along with a lookback at rainfall in August.