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Announcing the WeatherPod with Alan Thorpe and David Rogers

Written on November 9, 2020.

The WeatherPod – the podcast which explores the role of the weather enterprise in building resilience to extreme weather & climate change. The WeatherPod is a unique podcast exploring how...

CMOS Call for Awards Nominations

Written on November 1, 2020.

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) AWARDS Nominations Deadline: Feb 15. February 15th is the deadline for nominations for the CMOS Prizes and Awards. It may seem far away,...

The Challenge of Maintaining Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in a Warming World

Written on October 23, 2020.

– By David Levy – This article first appeared in The Province on September 13, 2020. Opinion: The DFO has done the right thing this year by closing Fraser sockeye fisheries. The return...

Weather and Climate: Not what your grandparents knew! – CMOS Webinar

Written on October 22, 2020.

David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment and Climate Change Canada CMOS Toronto and Ottawa Centre Webinar Urban floods, ice rains, winter heat waves, interface wildfires, weather...

Message from the CMOS President: Planning for a Virtual Victoria Congress of 2021

Written on October 22, 2020.

– By Marek Stastna, CMOS President, and Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo – After a glorious stretch of humidity free summer weather, my southern Ontario...

New Global Weather Enterprise Forum Webinar

Written on October 20, 2020.

Please see register for the following Webinar to be given by Prof. Adrian Gerhard, the President of WMO: Global Weather Enterprise Forum webinar, 28 October – ‘Unlocking the Benefits of...

Remembering Louis Fortier

Written on October 19, 2020.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Louis Fortier in Quebec City, on the 4th of October at the age of 66, following a courageous fight against leukemia. He was the son of...

Global Weather Enterprise Forum – The WeatherPod Podcast Series

Written on October 6, 2020.

In this episode, co-presenters Alan Thorpe and David Rogers talk to hugely experienced broadcast meteorologist, Gerald Fleming.

Proposed Nomenclature for Fire-induced Vortices

Written on September 23, 2020.

– By Patrick McCarthy and Leanne Cormier – Extreme fire behaviour can manifest itself in many ways, violent tornado-like vortices being one example. On April 19, 2000, a large...