/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1942/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-hurricane-season-2018-287556 <div>The first named storm, Alberto had already passed through the gulf coast by the end of May. There is a lot of anxiety concerning hurricanes this year, after the destruction they caused last year.</div> <div>聽</div> <div><strong><a href="/meteo/facultystaff/gyakum">John Gyakum</a>, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 缅北强奸</strong></div> <div> <blockquote></blockquote></div> Thu, 07 Jun 2018 19:32:05 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 43869 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-professor-helped-coin-term-bomb-cyclone-283643 <p><span>缅北强奸 meteorology professor聽John Gyakum</span><span>, along with the revered late Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorologist Fred Sanders,聽first coined the term in a paper they published in 1980.聽They used the phrase to describe powerful cyclones that get their energy from rapid drops in pressure caused by hot and cold temperatures colliding.</span></p> <blockquote> <p>"If the term itself 鈥� 鈥榖omb鈥� 鈥� helps to spur more constructive research, then I鈥檓 happy."鈥旿ohn Gyakum</p></blockquote> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:21:42 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 32820 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-hurricane-matthew-263192 <p>鈥淗urricane Matthew is poised to deliver a potentially catastrophic strike on Haiti beginning Monday, and poses a danger to eastern Cuba and Jamaica by Monday night.鈥� (<a href="https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-caribbean-haiti-jamaica-cuba-bahamas-forecast-oct2">The Weather Network</a>)</p> Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:13:18 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26231 at /newsroom /newsroom/john-gyakum Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23336 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/weather-el-nino-257485 <p>As 2016 approaches, the ongoing El Nino shows no sign of relaxing its grip on the global climate. (Source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/el-nino-strengthens-grip-globe-151220093557172.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <h3><a href="/meteo/facultystaff/gyakum">John Gyakum</a>, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences</h3> <blockquote> <p>"The current El Nino, the strongest since 1997-98, is associated with recent unusually warm conditions in Ontario and Quebec."鈥擩ohn Gyakum</p> </blockquote> <p>Professor or large scale and dynamic meteorology.</p> Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:35:16 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25048 at /newsroom