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CMOS Congress Outstanding Presentations

Written on August 26, 2024.

On June 3-6, 2024, the 58th annual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress was held virtually with help from the Winnipeg Centre and the BC Interior-Yukon Centre. The theme of the...

Turning Your Passion into a Career

Written on February 5, 2024.

– By Francis Lavigne-Theriault – Fig. 1. Francis Lavigne-Thériault during a Manitoba blizzard in 2014, which brought –40 wind chills, strong winds and a lot of snow. To say that I have...

Minding the Weather – How Expert Forecasters Think

Written on January 5, 2024.

– Review by Patrick McCarthy – Figure 1. Meteorological Service of Canada weather office forecast desk. Photo by the author (Patrick McCarthy) Mission-critical systems often rely on technology...

The Great Smoke Pall of 1950 and Other “Dark Days” that have Blanketed Eastern North America

Written on September 24, 2023.

– By Kevin Hamilton – The extraordinary 2023 Canadian wildfire season has been in the public eye for much of this spring, but during June 7-8 the event entered a new phase of global media...

Verification of Summer 2022 Canadian Temperature Forecasts from Four Different Organizations

Written on September 17, 2023.

– By George Isaac – Introduction The Canadian Public has access to weather forecasts from many diverse sources. However, it is difficult for the user to know the accuracy of such forecasts,...

Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning

Written on April 13, 2023.

– By Brian Golding – This book is a product of the 10-year High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project of the World Weather Research Programme in World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), drawing...

Tornadoes on the Canadian Prairies: 1826-1939 — Part 2, Project Results

Written on January 17, 2023.

-By Patrick McCarthy and Jay Anderson- Abstract Kendrew and Currie (1955) commented on prairie tornadoes in their 1955 publication The Climate of Central Canada: “…they probably occur in Alberta and...

Tornadoes on the Canadian Prairies: 1826-1939 — Part 1, Project Overview

Written on January 17, 2023.

-By Patrick McCarthy and Jay Anderson- Abstract Our project was to develop the most comprehensive and accurate database of Canadian prairie tornadoes. We have completed the period from 1826 to 1939....

Collaborating to Support Canadian Resiliency at CatIQ Connect

Written on January 9, 2023.

-By Caroline Floyd- Hurricane Fiona, flooding in British Columbia, massive hailstorms in Calgary – catastrophic events have increasingly captured Canadian headlines in recent years. Insured losses to...