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David Spence

@ctvdavidspence

Retired broadcast Meteorologist. 2017 RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award. Best of Calgary 2018, 2019. AHS Patient and Family Advisor (volunteer)

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Sure sign of winter....Alberta Clippers! This week, it's one after another. Some of us will get snow, and some of us will get nothing. An explanation, complete with colourful charts, is here, at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe… #abstorm #skstorm #mbstorm

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Honoured to emcee the Alberta–NWT Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, the largest indoor service in Calgary, at the Jubilee Auditorium. We must never forget the sacrifices that secured our freedom. We will remember them. 🌺 #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

Honoured to emcee the Alberta–NWT Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, the largest indoor service in Calgary, at the Jubilee Auditorium.

We must never forget the sacrifices that secured our freedom.
We will remember them. 🌺
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
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Across the prairies, it'll either feel like winter, or feel like summer. Big weather differences over space and time, thanks to the continuing parade of Alberta clippers. Find the parade route, and the weekend outlook at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…

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Wintry weather remans in hiding for most of the prairies this week. Some areas will get rain, not snow. Other areas could see temperatures in the high teens, maybe even 20. What's going on at your place? The outlook at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…

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Folks — what COLOR aurora are you seeing? Send us your reports and please share! This is useful data. Date and times are super valuable too! A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora. But if you see blue or purple, that’s a sign of something

Folks — what COLOR aurora are you seeing? Send us your reports and please share! This is useful data. Date and times are super valuable too!

A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora. 

But if you see blue or purple, that’s a sign of something
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20 degrees ....in November??!! Can't rule that out, as mild November weather continues across the southern prairies through the weekend. Up north... a different, colder, snowier story. The midweek prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…

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Dry. So dry. The latest Canadian Drought Monitor shows 82 percent of the Canadian prairies is abnormally dry or in drought. A healthy snowpack and spring rains have rarely been so important as they are this season. ruralrootscanada.com/heading-into-w… #drought #farm #prairiedrought

Dry.  So dry.   The latest Canadian Drought Monitor shows 82 percent of the Canadian prairies is abnormally dry or in drought.  A healthy snowpack and spring rains have rarely been so important as they are this season.    ruralrootscanada.com/heading-into-w… 
#drought #farm  #prairiedrought
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A flip in the weather pattern next week, and it will be colder, and there will be snow. Too soon to pinpoint numbers, but this chart shows trends for #Calgary . On the top graph, the zero degree line is highlighted. #yyc #yycwx

A flip in the weather pattern next week, and it will be colder, and there will be snow.   Too soon to pinpoint numbers, but this chart shows trends for #Calgary .  On the top graph, the zero degree line is highlighted. #yyc  #yycwx
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A change to colder, snowier weather is ahead. For many of us across the prairies, this'll be the weekend to finish up outdoor chores. The midweek update to our weather outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe… #abstorm #skstorm #mbstorm #abwx #skwx #mbwx

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If we still did #ff on this very-much-changed site, I’d recommend Suzanne Pothe 🇨🇦. Always on top of accurate weather news, and her #Winnipeg posts make me nostalgic. But, we don’t do #ff anymore, so….

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I know....it's Friday, and you don't want to think about Monday, but.... Heads up for southern Albertans.....Monday will be snowy. Not a lot, 5-10 cm, but the first significant snow of the year is never fun on the roads. Image from pivotalweather.com. #yyc #abstorm

I know....it's Friday, and you don't want to think about Monday, but....
Heads up for southern Albertans.....Monday will be snowy.   Not a lot, 5-10 cm, but the first significant snow of the year is never fun on the roads.  Image from pivotalweather.com.   #yyc #abstorm
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Updated southern Alberta snow expectations for Monday, according to the RDPS model. Values are cm, 24 hr. accumulation. Heavier snow south of the Trans Canada Highway, especially along highway 3. Before heading out Monday, check conditions with 511 Alberta and ECCC Weather Alberta

Updated southern Alberta snow expectations for Monday, according to the RDPS model. Values are cm, 24 hr. accumulation.   Heavier snow south of the Trans Canada Highway, especially along highway 3.  Before heading out Monday, check conditions with <a href="/511Alberta/">511 Alberta</a> and <a href="/ECCCWeatherAB/">ECCC Weather Alberta</a>
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Snow! Twice! This week! Cold, too. It took a while, but winter weather has arrived on the southern prairies. Shovels, plows, coats, gloves, weather warnings, soothing warm beverages….you know the drill. Details at Rural Roots Canada. ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…

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More SNOW for southern Alberta. And for the rest of the prairies, it's a cold weekend ahead. The setup for snow Thursday night and Friday is similar to what we had earlier this week. Shovel and plow. An updated outlook at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…

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The first good chilly night in Red Deer brings out that atmospheric optical phenomenon known as light pillars, which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above below a light source from tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere. #ABStorm #ABWx #LightPillars

The first good chilly night in Red Deer brings out that atmospheric optical phenomenon known as light pillars, which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above below a light source from tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere. 

#ABStorm #ABWx #LightPillars
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Warm and cold, rain and snow, chinooks and frost, freeze and thaw. A typical start to December on the prairies. Check out this week’s prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe… #abstorm #abwx #skstorm #skwx #mbstorm #mbwx

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Expect daily weather changes across the prairies going through the weekend. For the eastern prairies, some of the coldest weather of the season. For Alberta, snow to the north, and chinooks to the south. Update at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…

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Brrrrr. Winterrrrr. Cold, snowy weather grips the prairies this week, though brief chinooks will give a few breaks for southern Alberta. They will also cause strong wind, perhaps dangerously strong. Read all about it at Rural Roots Canada: ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weathe…