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Experts: Quebec summer forecast calls for heat, humidity and severe thunderstorms

webfull — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:33:19 +0000

A hot, "unstable and sticky" summer awaits Quebecers, according to The Weather Network, which predicts periods of abundant heat, often followed by severe thunderstorms. This will be the "fifth consecutive summer where temperatures will be above seasonal normals, which has never happened since we started compiling data" in 1942, according to André Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. (CTV News)

Published: 1 June 2022

Disastrous duo: heatwaves and droughts

webfull — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:50:22 +0000

Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the United States, according to a new study led by researchers from �山ǿ��. Periods of dry and hot weather, which can make wildfires more likely, are becoming larger, more intense, and more frequent because of climate change.

Published: 28 September 2020

Smog in Montreal

webfull — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:50:43 +0000

A smog warning is still in effect for the Greater Montreal area Monday as high concentrations of pollutants are expected to infiltrate the air. According to Environment Canada, this could "result in poor air quality, especially in urban areas where pollutant emissions are higher." (CTV)

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Published: 3 February 2020

Pollution from Athabasca oil sands affects weather processes

webfull — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:42:33 +0000

Scientists have been looking at pollution affecting the air, land and water around the Athabasca Oil Sands for some time. After looking at contaminants in snow taken from up-to 25 km away from the oil sands, a �山ǿ��-led scientific team now suggests that oil sand pollution is also affecting the weather patterns in the surrounding regions.

Published: 18 November 2019

Weather: El nino

webfull — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:35:27 +0000

As 2016 approaches, the ongoing El Nino shows no sign of relaxing its grip on the global climate. (Source: Al Jazeera)

John Gyakum, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

"The current El Nino, the strongest since 1997-98, is associated with recent unusually warm conditions in Ontario and Quebec."—John Gyakum

Professor or large scale and dynamic meteorology.

Published: 21 December 2015

Hurricane Patricia, strongest ever recorded

webfull — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:33:17 +0000

Published: 23 October 2015

Harnessing the butterfly effect

webfull — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:46:09 +0000

The atmosphere is so unstable that a butterfly flapping its wings can, famously, change the course of weather patterns. The celebrated “butterfly effect” also means that the reliability of weather forecasts drops sharply beyond 10 days.

Published: 18 August 2015

Quebec deep freeze not expected to let up any time soon

webfull — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:36:25 +0000

Published: 12 March 2015

Freezing Rain and Extreme Weather

webfull — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:29:31 +0000

Published: 5 January 2015

Mars, too, has macroweather

webfull — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:53:36 +0000

Weather, which changes day-to-day due to constant fluctuations in the atmosphere, and climate, which varies over decades, are familiar. More recently, a third regime, called “macroweather,” has been used to describe the relatively stable regime between weather and climate.

Published: 13 November 2014