(Resource News International) — Farmers in Western Canada should have at least one more week of good harvest weather without the risk of a major frost, before “all bets are off,” according to a U.S.-based meteorologist Thursday.
Overnight temperatures have dipped near freezing on a number of occasions, but Western Canada has been lucky so far in avoiding a major killing frost, said Drew Lerner, of Kansas City-based World Weather Inc.
“I think you’ll be able to go another week, but after that all bets are off,” he said.
Forecasts were looking good for both the harvest and maturation of later-developing crops over the next seven days, Lerner said.
However, following Friday, Sept. 18 he expected to see a more frequent precipitation pattern with cooler temperatures.
Any killing frosts that occur may not be widespread, but will definitely be more likely given how the cold air is setting up, he said.
Lerner expected weather patterns would eventually shift in Western Canada bringing warmer temperatures once again in late September or early October.
