AccuWeather’s summer weather forecast says above-normal temperatures and very little rainfall are expected in southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Despite the recent rain, AccuWeather says, ongoing severe to extreme drought from southern Saskatchewan to southern Manitoba is likely to expand and get worse into the summer with the potential for low agricultural yields and added stress on livestock.
We are warned that water-use restrictions and low river and stream levels will likely be issues through much of the summer.
The worsening drought conditions can feed the heat in the southern Prairies, leading to an abnormally high number of days above 30 degrees Celsius.
This, along with an abundance of dried or even dead vegetation will increase the risk for a bad fire season; possibly the worst in years.