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CoCoRaHS Precipitation Network

Written on September 27, 2021.

– By Rick Fleetwood – CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow) is a volunteer network of mostly community members and organizations (e.g. watershed groups, conservation authorities,...

UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Profiled at the 2021 CMOS Congress Town Hall Session

Written on August 23, 2021.

– By Andi White and Helen Joseph – Overview The 2021 CMOS Congress, under the theme of Climate Change – Risk, Resilience, Response, provided an opportunity to showcase efforts emerging under...

Micrometeorology Field Season in the NWT, 2021: A Photo Story

Written on August 13, 2021.

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Ocean School – An unforgettable virtual experience

Written on August 2, 2021.

– By Heather Delagran and Sonya Lee – Imagine you are flying over the lush temperate rainforest of British Columbia’s central coast. Thick vegetation covers the ground between towering trees....

Weather and Situation Awareness in Aviation

Written on July 16, 2021.

– By Hyun Su Seong – Introduction Pilots in general or commercial aviation rely on accurate weather forecasts to avoid dangerous cell activities during instrument meteorological conditions....

Incoming President’s Message from Jim Abraham

Written on July 9, 2021.

Early in my career, while training to be an operational meteorologist 43 years ago, I signed up to become a member of CMOS. It was an exciting time. Since then, CMOS membership has enabled me to remain...

Advice for Aspiring Meteorologists

Written on June 28, 2021.

– By Christopher Poitras – I was fortunate enough to organize and moderate an amazing webinar that enabled students with a meteorology interest and early-career meteorologists to learn and...

Fog over Sable Island

Written on June 21, 2021.

– By Li Cheng, Zheqi Chen, Peter Taylor, Yongsheng Chen and George Isaac – Introduction Marine fog occurs frequently offshore from Atlantic Canada. It can cause problems for helicopter flights...

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Outgoing President’s Message from Marek Stastna

Written on June 14, 2021.

– By Marek Stastna – In any other year, this article would probably start with something along the lines of “looking back at my year as President, I am not sure where the time went”. Given...