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Call for Nominations for the Patterson Medal Award for Distinguished Service to Meteorology in Canada

Written on March 14, 2018.

– Communication from David Grimes, Chairperson, Patterson Medal Committee, Meteorological Service of Canada – The Patterson Medal Award is given for distinguished service to meteorology...

Seasonal Outlook for the Spring 2018 (MAM) based on the official CanSIPS forecast issued on the 28th Feb. 2018

Written on March 6, 2018.

– By M. Markovic, B. Merryfield and K. Gauthier, CMC, Montreal – Spring forecast (March, April, May) for 2018 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal temperatures...

Image from Isachsen by aAron munson shows an old yellow pick up truck covered in snow, in a frozen garage

Isachsen – An Artist’s Exploration of Isolation Through the Eyes of his Father at a Remote Arctic Weather Station

Written on February 27, 2018.

– An Interview with Doug Munson and aAron munson by Sarah Knight, CMOS Bulletin Editor – In 1974 Doug Munson, just 19 years old and fresh off 8 months of surface weather and upper air courses,...

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories 2017

Written on January 7, 2018.

– By David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada – Our climate is changing, and it’s happening here and now

Seasonal Outlook for the winter 2017/18 (DJF) based on CanSIPS forecast 30th November 2017

Written on December 6, 2017.

– By M. Markovic and K. Gauthier, CMC, Montreal – Winter forecast (December, January, February) for 2017/18 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal temperatures across...

Weather in the Courtroom

Written on December 4, 2017.

– Review by Daryl O’Dowd MSC ACM CO, Consulting Industrial Meteorologist (odowd@weatherdyne.com) – Book by William H. Haggard, Published by the American Meteorological Society, Paperback...

A Piece of History: The Canadian Chronometric Radiosonde

Written on October 19, 2017.

– By Kenneth A. Devine – While temperature profiles to the tropopause had been conducted in Canada for research purposes starting in 1911 (Devine & Strong, 2009), operational upper...

Photo showing Fort McMurray wildfire, filling the horizon with a giant plume of smoke overhead. Did anthropogenic climate change increase the chance of this extreme wildfire?

Did Anthropogenic Climate Change Increase the Chance of an Extreme Wildfire in the Fort McMurray Area?

Written on September 1, 2017.

– By Megan Kirchmeier-Young, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria – A summary of a recent paper by Kirchmeier-Young et al. that describes an event attribution analysis...

Image shows a section of a map of southern Canada, from west to east, coloured with various shades of grey, white, yellow, orange and red. The colours indicate the forecasted temperature for autumn 2017 in Canada, with the predominance of warmer colours indicating a strong probability that in most areas temperatures will be above normal.

Seasonal Outlook for the autumn 2017 (SON) based on CanSIPS forecast 31st August 2017

Written on September 1, 2017.

– By M. Markovic and K. Gauthier, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Autumn forecast (September, October, November) for 2017 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal...