– By Jim Young, RWDI and Jim Young Atmospheric Services Inc. –
Summer is here with its long warm days and clear nights, for a lot of the time. And what could be better than an atmospheric phenomenon or two to point out to your friends. You may become the hit of an evening beach party.
– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and Incoming CMOS President –
I’m honored and excited that I’ll get to serve you, our membership, as CMOS President this year. As CMOS Vice President I have come to appreciate the Society’s hard-working staff, its community of proactive volunteers across Canada, and its dedication at the local level. I’ve been impressed with how much time and effort the CMOS Centres devote to outreach,
– By M. Markovic, B. Merryfield and K. Gauthier, CMC, Montreal –
Seasonal Outlook (June, July, August) for 2018 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal temperatures across southern Canada, and below normal precipitation for the western and central Prairies.
– By Katie Hayes, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto and Research Affiliate, Health Canada; Peter Berry, Climate Change and Innovation Bureau, Health Canada; Toni Morris-Oswald, Office of Disaster Management, Manitoba Health; Dave Henderson, Health and Air Quality Services, Environment and Climate Change Canada –
Climate change is affecting health and well-being of people around the globe and the risks to human health and well-being are increasing.
– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President –
My year as President of CMOS seems to be flying by. It is already, once again, time to register for our upcoming CMOS Congress. As you know, our CMOS Local Arrangements Committee in Halifax has been hard at work putting together a fantastic scientific and social programme.
– By John Gilbert –
The Eureka Weather Station, situated in Canada’s far North, recently celebrated its 70th birthday. Supporting operational meteorology and atmospheric research on topics that are essential for the understanding of weather and climate, including hourly synoptic and aerological weather monitoring and the detection of atmospheric change, this remote weather station is of global significance.
– Review by Richard Leduc, Ph.D., AirMet Science Inc. –
By Storm Dunlop, Oxford University Press, Hardcover, 144 pages, ISBN 978-0-19-957132-4, $11.95
This book is part of the “Very short introduction” series published by Oxford University Press and is intended for the general public. The series includes a wide range of titles on a wide variety of topics of interest to inquiring minds.
– 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 across eastern Canada, and equal chances for below/near/above normal precipitation across most of Canada.
– 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, was posted to the remote Isachsen weather station in the Canadian Arctic for a full year. Isachsen was operated on Ellef Ringnes Island from 1948-1978, and for those living there contact with the “outside” world was minimal
