{"id":670485,"date":"2026-05-15T05:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670485\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:04:10","slug":"100-km-h-winds-cause-a-dust-storm-on-the-prairies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670485\/","title":{"rendered":"100+ km\/h winds cause a dust storm on the Prairies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published on May. 14, 2026, 11:51 PM<\/p>\n<p>Expect blustery conditions to persist across parts of the region into Friday<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/80-100-km-h-damage-potential-with-blustery-winds-on-the-prairies-alberta-saskatchewan\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">strong low-pressure system<\/a> sweeping across the Prairies has whipped up high winds throughout the region, with gusts of 100+ km\/h reported in some locations on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Intense wind gusts kicked up enough dust to cause lower visibility, prompting forecasters to issue rare dust storm warnings on Thursday evening in southern portions of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/1ZVEUYFz6wPqHTMf8rQpp4\/d885d3f2d9f24a097943ef6faafb58bc\/Prairies_Dust_Storm_Satellite_May_14_2026.png\" alt=\"Prairies Dust Storm Satellite May 14 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prairies_Dust_Storm_Satellite_May_14_2026.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Expect gusty winds to continue into Friday, along with the potential for accumulating snow in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>DON\u2019T MISS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/canadas-weather-shake-up-for-the-may-long-weekend-what-to-expect\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canada&#8217;s weather shakeup for the long weekend: What to expect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blustery conditions continue into Friday<\/p>\n<p>The centre of low pressure responsible for the foul weather will continue moving east to end the week.<\/p>\n<p>Strong wind gusts of 50-70+ km\/h will persist through the day Friday for southern Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/5p8U6GN8SxZJ6K3PkIQA2Z\/3d369da3ab69cdab1469e401b4e6bb13\/Prairies_Wind_Gust_Forecast_Friday_Afternoon.png\" alt=\"Prairies Wind Gust Forecast Friday Afternoon\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prairies_Wind_Gust_Forecast_Friday_Afternoon.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cold air will force rain to transition to snow and ice across far northern sections of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with some snow also possible in northeastern Alberta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on May. 14, 2026, 11:51 PM Expect blustery conditions to persist across parts of the region into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,49,48,44,11423,11738,5097,3623],"class_list":["post-670485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-prairies","tag-snow","tag-temperatures","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}