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David Spence

@ctvdavidspence.bsky.social
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Meteorologist, ruralrootscanada.com. Retired after 40 years of weather forecasting at CTV Calgary. Cancer survivor. Patient and Family Advisor, AHS. Patient Partner, Riddell Centre, University of Calgary

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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dear Prairie weather: It’s about time. The next few days bring welcome weather: milder, sunnier and, in some areas, considerably drier. Here’s the latest Rural Roots Canada outlook: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Oct 1 |
Sunny weather will dominate the prairies and the Peace Region through the weekend, with little frost risk in most areas.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’… …into a future that will soon include frost. Are you ready for it? This week’s prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada. (Sorry for the ear worm). www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – September 28 |
There will be plenty of catch-up opportunities for the harvest this week - which is now becoming a race against frost.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is correct.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're going into another weekend and the weather's changing. The warm spell winds down, and rain returns to parts of the prairies. What you need to know, even if you don't want to know it, is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Sept 24 |
While Alberta deals with rain and frost this weekend, Saskatchewan and Manitoba farmers will enjoy drier conditions overall
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Held over by popular demand - warm, dry weather! The warm and sunny weather that arrived last week, will likely continue until at least the weekend. Here's this week's prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – September 21 to September 27 |
For most of the prairies, it will be a sunny week. By the weekend, the weather changes and rain returns to central Alberta and Saskatchewan
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wait...is it summer again, or is it just an illusion? Suddenly it's warm. Suddenly it's sunny. But will it suddenly change? Check out the outlook for today, tomorrow, and the weekend at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update September 17 | Rural Roots Canada
One of the longer stretches of dry weather in weeks is underway, and some farmers may be able to catch up!
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After a cool, wet start to the week, a stretch of sunny, dry weather begins. And warmer. 15...sure. 20....likely. 30...that may be far-fetched, but it could feel like summer for a few days! The prairie weather outlook for this week at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – September 14 to September 20, 2026 |
After a wet start to the week, sunshine and warmer weather return to the prairies for a much needed multi-day stretch of warm, dry weather
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Choose your fighter.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today's cold front brings weather changes for the weekend. There will be slight warmth in daytime sun. But where it's clear at night.....oh-oh. The midweek weather update is ready for your inspection at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update – September 10 – 13 |
Soggy fields may dry out a bit this weekend, but will it be enough? While it will be drier Saturday and Sunday, heat will be in short supply
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labour Day! We've laboured hard for the hard labourers who grow our food. They need the rain to stop. And so do many others, who are looking for one last blast of summer warmth. This week's Canadian prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The last long weekend of the summer! And some parts of the prairies will be summerier than others. Is that even a word? Find out you're in for with the midweek weather update for the Canadian prairies at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Sept 3
Take advantage of each and every dry hour of every dry day. Rain will interrupt harvest and other outdoor activities going into and through the long weekend.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For many, the week starts wet. For some, it ends wet. And for others, there may be 30 degree days in between. The prairie weather outlook for this week is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – August 31, 2026
Mother nature is not being helpful this week. With the harvest already behind schedule, rain will continue to interrupt the harvest this week.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Summer's not over yet. Hot weather returns to the southern prairies over the weekend, as rain returns to the north. 30 degrees or 30 mm? Depends where you are. The midweek update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather this Week – Midweek Update Aug 27
While there will be plenty of opportunities to work the fields, the harvest will be interrupted by rainfall over the next few days.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
More rain where it’s needed least. Less rain where it’s needed most. The pattern has been with us all summer, and it’s still with us this week. Plan your week - this week’s weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – August 24 |
Hot and dry weather persists in southern Alberta, but there is some rain for the rest of the prairies. Still plenty of opportunities for harvesting
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The weekend's coming up and it's going to get hot, at least in Alberta and Saskatchewan. But...will it stay that way? There...I've hooked you. Reel in this weekend's weather outlook for the prairies at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Aug 20
Hot weather returns to the prairies for the end of the week, only to abruptly chance as more unsettled conditions return Sunday.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just when you thought summer was winding down.....30 degree weather returns to parts of the Canadian prairies this week. And, we're turning down the rain faucet, but not all the way. This week's Canadian Prairie Weather update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – August 17
Agricultural regions across the prairies will see more rain this week, but in most areas, very minimal. Hot weather returns.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Rainy weather on the southern prairies. Good news or bad? Regardless, we get what we get. And what we get is in the updated weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update August 13 |
Wet weather continues across the southern prairies through the weekend, and it will be cool, with below average temperatures.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Rain! A return to wet weather this week for parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The dry parts. Multiple showers and storms are on the way. This week's prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – August 10
A change in the prairie weather pattern brings rain to parched areas of southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. This may affect the harvesting of pulse crops.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Stormy in Manitoba today, but through the weekend, quiet weather returns to all the southern prairies. Then, on Sunday, things change. The prairie weekend weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Aug 6 |
The break from the heat continues, but agricultural regions of the prairies are getting thirsty with little rain in sight.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A break from the heat and a break from the storms. More 20s, fewer 30s. First frost? Prairie weather for this week at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – August 2 |
Somewhat cooler weather returns to most of the prairies. Wet weather continues in the north, and it will stay dry in the south, with an absence of storms
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Prairie weather takes a sharp turn this weekend...from some of the hottest weather of the year on Saturday, to a big drop in temperatures for Sunday. The outlook for the #Peace region #Alberta, #Saskatchewan, and #Manitoba is here: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update – July 30 |
Saturday's hot - Sunday's not. At least for many of us. The weather takes a sharp turn in the days ahead, with a drier weather pattern holding in place.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The southern Prairies sizzle while the north gets soaked. Heavy rain returns to northern regions later this week. Elsewhere, it's mainly dry, with daily thunderstorm risks. Full Canadian Prairie forecast:
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Prairie Weather This Week – July 27 |
Heavy rain for the north, hot weather in the south. Two sets of extremes split the prairie weather this week, and southern Alberta stays dry
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hottest weather of the year! A multi-day stretch of hot weather continues, with temperatures reaching the mid 30s across the southern prairies. Storms may be fewer, but still intense. The weekend outlook for the prairies at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – midweek update July 23 |
Hot weather continues through the weekend in the southern prairies, with a few lingering storms in central and northern areas
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Turning down the storms, and turning up the heat. Showers and storms won't completely go away (Thursday could be interesting), but heat is the story in this week's prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – July 20 |
Some of the hottest weather of the summer is on the way for the prairies. While storms continue, fewer will achieve severe status this week.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Mid July already! And the weekend's coming up! A bit cooler, and a bit less stormy on the weekend. And the storms we do get could remain sub-severe. Read all about it...the Prairie weather outlook for the weekend at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update July 17 |
Weather will be active across the prairies through the weekend, as showers and storms continue. Severe weather is possible.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
From drought... to too much rain. Prairie weather has done a complete turnaround. The next pattern change should bring welcome relief, with cooler weather and fewer showers. And fewer tornadoes. Here's this week's Prairie Weather Outlook: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – July 13 |
We've traded drought for deluge. One problem is replaced by another as prairie farmers deal with excess moisture, delayed field work, and crop disease.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This weekend..a big pivot. Goodbye storms. Hello Heat. Plan your weekend with the Canadian prairie midweek weather update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update July 9 |
Severe weather can be expected over the prairies Thursday and Friday, to be replaced by intense heat and high humidity on the weekend.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The weather heats up and thunderstorms fire up this week across the prairies. However, the sky goes quiet for the Calgary Stampede. This week’s prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – July 6 |
The pattern of sunny mornings and afternoon thunderstorms continues across the prairies. The storms are NOT expected to affect the Calgary Stampede.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We will, one day, escape the pattern that sees afternoon thunderstorms pop up across the prairies. Maybe next week. Something to consider while working the fields, or attending the Calgary Stampede. The midweek update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update July 2 |
Afternoon showers and storms continue through the weekend across most of the prairies, with severe threats for Saskatchewan and Manitoba
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Rivers are rising and rain is falling. A stalled storm gives us more wet weather for at least the next couple of days. And there will be more overland flooding as the rain lands on saturated ground. The week's weather outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – June 29 |
More rain falls on the waterlogged prairies this week, but the longer term outlook indicates a shift to drier weather. Will it warm up?
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I love nature because it is so honest. It never deceives me. It never jokes. (Henry David Thoreau)
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Showers and storms….have you been missing them? Coming back this weekend to many of the areas that got soaked a few days ago. Plan your weekend. I dare you. The outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update June 25 |
The threat of flooding returns to the prairies, as a strong weather system provides rain to agricultural regions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Summer began Sunday, but do we get summer weather this week on the Canadian Prairies? That probably depends on your definition of "summer weather". See if yours matches this week's outlook at Rural Roots Canada. Spoiler alert: probably not. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – June 22 |
The wet weather pattern continues across the prairies, with a good soaking for agricultural regions this week. Cool conditions continue
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Summer begins Sunday morning at 2:24 Mountain time, 3:24 Central. For many prairie residents, tough, Sunday won't feel like a summer day. Here's your prairie weekend outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update – June 18 |
While a long period of dry weather is still a few days away, there will be some windows of opportunity this weekend, especially for Manitoba
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's not over yet! More rain is on the way for much of the Prairies this week, and timing will be everything. Before you make plans for the week ahead, take a look at the latest Canadian Prairie Weather Outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – June 15 |
Rain returns to the prairies this week, as farmers struggle to complete work on their soggy fields. Time is running out for uncompleted seeding.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The prairie atmosphere never likes standing still for long. The coming days will feature a mix of sun, showers, thunderstorms, and temperature swings across the prairies. Plan your weekend with the latest Prairie Weather Update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update – June 11
Sunshine and dry weather, so badly needed, will return to the prairies this weekend. Fields begin to dry out, and temperatures climb.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Storms, storms, and more.....sun? Unsettled and unstable. Rain, blue sky, lightning, hail...almost everything but intense heat is expected on the prairies this week. The day by day cool weather breakdown is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – June 8 |
Rather cool this week, and with the exception of southern Alberta, it will be rather wet. More rain off and on this week.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We're not done with the wet weather yet. While Manitoba resumes baking, Alberta and Saskatchewan can expect more showers, and more thunderstorms through the weekend. June is being very Juney. Here's the update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update June 4 | Rural Roots Canada
The main rain event is over, but the rain itself isn't. Showers and thundershowers will interrupt what should otherwise be a mainly sunny weekend.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
June arrives with weather whiplash. Big rain in Alberta, lingering eastern Prairie heat, mountain snow, and thunderstorms ahead - while El Niño hints at a much hotter, drier summer to come. Plan your week with the full prairie outlook at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – June 1 |
The steady rain of the early week in AB and SK becomes more off and on, with some opportunities for field work, but the weather will be cooler than average.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
From dangerous heat to soaking rain, the prairie forecast takes a dramatic turn this weekend. Alberta faces flood watches, while heat warnings continue across Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update May 26 |
One type of hazardous weather (heat) is replaced with another (heavy rain - potential flooding) Prairie weather pivots.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Warmin' and stormin' in Alberta. Searing heat in Saskatchewan. Manitoba catches up. The HOTTEST week of the season so far. Here's the prairie weather outlook for this week at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – May 25 |
Showers and storms for Alberta, while Saskatchewan sizzles. Temperatures will reach the 30s in Saskatchewan and Manitoba this week.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Three words. Bar. Ba. Que. Plenty of sunshine for the next few days, though we can't escape the chance of afternoon showers and storms, as it will heat up over the weekend. The Canadian Prairie weather outlook is here: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek update May 21 |
Catch up on seeding this weekend! Sunshine is abundant, with the possibility of small, isolated afternoon showers and storms.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It's some kind of May long weekend, isn't it? Cold, wind, rain, snow...we've had everything BUT seasonal weather. Does that change this week? Big change? Little change? Good change? Bad change? Yes, this is clickbait. And this is the outlook: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – May 18 |
It may not be the smoothest transition, but warmer weather will return to the prairies this week. However, there may be just enough rain to interrupt seeding.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Long weekend weather outlook for the Canadian Prairies. Cold. Wet. Windy. Viewer discretion advised. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update May 14 |
Cold, stormy, and snowy weather will hit the prairie provinces through the May long weekend. Snow in parts of Alberta, rain and wind elsewhere.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is the week parts of the prairies could reach 30 degrees. There may also be snow in other parts. Winter, or summer? It all depends where you are, and when you're there. Plan your week with the outlook from Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – May 11 |
Some of the hottest weather of the season so far is on the way for the western prairies, thunderstorms for Saskatchewan, and Manitoba warms up.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Alberta surges ahead, Saskatchewan braces for high winds, and Manitoba finally starts to warm up. Plan your weekend....here's the midweek weather outlook for Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update May 7 |
Conditions remain good to excellent for seeding across the prairies this week, though Manitoba still has to catch up. Warm, and mostly dry!
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is a potato. It’s about the only thing I’m good at growing. So, why am I the guest speaker at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Calgary Horticultural Society? Weather….and what El Niño could mean for your plants and flowers. And my potatoes.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
For Canadian prairie farmers, this week's weather outlook matters more than most. For the rest of us, it's just a good read. Find it at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – May 4 |
The weather across the prairies should be almost ideal for seeding operations this week. Dry, warm, and mainly sunny. Most of the time.
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David Spence @ctvdavidspence.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Spring weather is back, and this time, it's going to stick around. The prairies warm up nicely over the next few days. Sunshine. Maybe thunderstorms - just to keep things interesting. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...
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Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Apr 30 |
It's been a long wait, but sustained sunshine and warm weather have arrived to most of the prairies! Time to get busy in the fields.
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