Weather pattern in your area?

[freewheat]

With all the railway madness, I thought maybe we could have some
comments on what the weather pattern your area is in may mean for
the growing season.

For our area, we froze up relatively moist, and the stubble is full
and well covered, but on our trip to Regina last week, I noticed the
stubble is still poking up above the snow, and not a lot of drifting
happening.

To me, this kind of relatively dry winter, and cold air
temperatures, at least in this area, are often followed by drier,
warmer summers, like the good old 80's, and early 2000's. I know a
lot can happen, but it is shaping up good here. The snow pack is not
hideous, the soil was not saturated in the fall. Should be able to
reclaim a lot of long term land lost in the last 10 years to
excessive rainfall/snowfall.

But I wonder this: If we are dry ish in this area, surely the
typically dry areas are looking at dryness too? Just curious what
others are thinking, all else being equal. A return to more "normal"
weather, should greatly help this grain surplus situation, and help
to raise prices on two fronts.

What do ya think? Weather trumps all.