/channels/taxonomy/term/14304/all en /channels/channels/news/experts-quebec-summer-forecast-calls-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-339717 <p>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 Andr茅 Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-summer-forecast-calls-for-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-1.5925670" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:33:19 +0000 webfull 180346 at /channels /channels/channels/news/disastrous-duo-heatwaves-and-droughts-324956 <p>Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the United聽States, according to a new study led by researchers from 黑料不打烊 University. Periods of dry and hot weather, which can make wildfires more likely, are becoming larger, more intense, and more frequent because of climate change.</p> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:50:22 +0000 webfull 163810 at /channels /channels/channels/news/smog-montreal-319655 <p>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." (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/smog-warning-still-in-effect-for-greater-montreal-1.4791796">CTV</a>)</p> <p>黑料不打烊 expert who can comment on the issue:</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:50:43 +0000 webfull 157872 at /channels /channels/channels/news/pollution-athabasca-oil-sands-affects-weather-processes-302608 <p>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 黑料不打烊-led scientific team now suggests that oil sand pollution is also affecting the weather patterns in the surrounding regions.</p> Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:42:33 +0000 webfull 155540 at /channels /channels/news/hurricane-patricia-strongest-ever-recorded-256321 <p> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:33:17 +0000 webfull 113500 at /channels /channels/news/early-19th-century-montreal-life-homeless-was-harsh-indeed-239892 <p> Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:35:47 +0000 webfull 106296 at /channels /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 15:35:27 +0000 webfull 114789 at /channels /channels/news/mars-too-has-macroweather-240080 <p>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 鈥渕acroweather,鈥� has been used to describe the relatively stable regime between weather and climate. Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:53:36 +0000 webfull 106501 at /channels /channels/news/icing-rain-and-extreme-weather-240927 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:29:31 +0000 webfull 107328 at /channels /channels/news/quebec-deep-freeze-not-expected-let-any-time-soon-243515 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:36:25 +0000 webfull 108803 at /channels /channels/news/harnessing-butterfly-effect-254637 <p><span>The atmosphere is so unstable that a butterfly flapping its wings can, famously, change the course of weather patterns. The celebrated 鈥渂utterfly effect鈥� also means that the reliability of weather forecasts drops sharply beyond 10 days.</span></p> <p> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:46:09 +0000 webfull 111801 at /channels /channels/news/macroweather-what-you-expect-225162 <p>While short-term weather is notoriously volatile, climate is thought to represent a kind of average weather pattern over a long period of time. This dichotomy provides the analytical framework for scientific thinking about atmospheric variability, including climate change.</p> <p> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:05:15 +0000 webfull 94914 at /channels