Tag: Weather

The Evolution of Canada’s Weather Enterprise: 150 years Anniversary Symposium

Written on August 3, 2023.

– By Stella Melo, Mireille Chaput-Dyer and Paul Joe – Abstract The virtual CMOS-MSC Symposium on 150 Years of Weather Services in Canada, took place during the CMOS Congress in 2021. ...

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...

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories of 2020

Written on February 19, 2021.

– By David Phillips – This article was first published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Prologue 2020 Canada is warming at nearly twice the global rate with parts of western and...

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...

Vancouver Fall and Winter 2016/17: How Bad Was It?

Written on September 1, 2017.

– By P. Odon, G. West, R. Stull; EOAS, University of British Columbia – The fall and winter seasons of 2016/17 were noteworthy for the cold, wet weather they brought to regions of...