. Agri-news. Agriculture. Environment Canada's Atmospheric Environment Service. The regional lines bring farmers up-to-date agricultural weather forecasts. Over 200,000 calls have already been made to the service during the first seven months of 1992 notes Dzikowski. "The continuous, year-round access to agricultural weather forecasts assists producers in making farming ; Forecasts specific to each region are updated four times daily at 5:30 , 11:30 , 4:30 and 9:30 Farmers can call the weather line in their region. Long distance charges do apply. The telep
. Agri-news. Agriculture. Environment Canada's Atmospheric Environment Service. The regional lines bring farmers up-to-date agricultural weather forecasts. Over 200,000 calls have already been made to the service during the first seven months of 1992 notes Dzikowski. "The continuous, year-round access to agricultural weather forecasts assists producers in making farming ; Forecasts specific to each region are updated four times daily at 5:30 , 11:30 , 4:30 and 9:30 Farmers can call the weather line in their region. Long distance charges do apply. The telephone numbers are: Grande Prairie, 539-7654; Edmonton, 468-9196; Red Deer, 342-7322; Calgary, 295-1003; Lethbridge, 328-RAIN (7246); Medicine Hat, 526-6224; and, Coronation, 57-TEMPS (578-3677). (Editor's note: See attached map.) "The popularity of the lines sometimes means farmers have trouble connecting with it, and get a busy signal. Farmers who live within 50 km of Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary and Lethbridge have the option of listening to Weatheradio Canada," he says. August 24,1992 Weatheradio Canada is a dedicated VHF-FM radio broadcast system transmitted on a frequency of , or megahertz (MHz). The Environment Canada service provides continuous, up-to-date weather forecast information and weather warnings directly from its weather office. A special weatheradio receiver is needed to receive the broadcast. Receivers costs around $60. A receiver with a warning alert feature and battery back-up power source are also recommended. So is a switch, rather than a dial, for selecting broadcast frequency. Dzikowski notes Weatheradio Canada can be heard within about 50 to 60 km from the broadcast site. (Editor's note: See attached map.) Since transmissions operate by line of sight, reception may be poor in low-lying areas such as river valleys. "Check to see if the receiver works in your location before you buy one," he advises. F
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