While many parts of the Prairies received some much needed rain over the past few days, the warm, dry conditions are expected to return.
Alberta and Saskatchewan saw some showers this past week, with the system passing through Manitoba over the past couple of days.
Drew Lerner is the Senior Agricultural Meteorologist with World Weather Inc.
He says much of the rain that fell is not enough to have much of an impact, noting a lack of rain over the past few weeks has affected much of western Canada.
"It's quite dry in some areas to the point where germination is not possible any longer," explained Lerner. "Field work is still advancing but there's a lot of worry that's building up across the region. Some farmers earlier this week, when we were involved with some windy weather, actually stopped planting for a little while because they were concerned about stirring up the soil and drying it out additionally with the wind blowing."
Lerner says dry, windy conditions will most likely return over the next week. He expects the eastern Prairies could see some more precipitation towards the end of May/early June.
Source : Steinbachonline