This could prove to be a challenging winter for transporting commodities and products through the West Coast.

Heavy rain in the Fraser Valley has caused extensive flooding and mudslides, which has tied up both the road and rail supply chains.

Bruce Brunett is a weather specialist with GlacierFarm Media. He says La Nina is responsible for the rain and it may bring large amounts of snow during the winter to the Rocky Mountains as well.

“In January, February, March when we start to see avalanches and those types of things. We are getting significant snow pack in the mountains as well from these events. So it’s something to keep a close eye on. This may not be the last problem we have based on logistics out to the west coast.”

As for Saskatchewan . . . . Burnett expects La Nina to produce colder than normal temperatures and more snow than usual in the northern Parkland region. However, the forecast models predict less snow for southern and west-central regions.