Interesting weather events
Summer
- April 18, 2004 tornado in Raymond, AB
- April 18, 2005 heat burst in southern Manitoba
- May 22, 2006 convective initiation in southwestern SK
- May 28, 2006 squall line through Winnipeg
- June 13, 2004 tornado that struck north of Vulcan, AB
- June 17, 2005 tornadoes that struck places including Neville, SK
- June 21, 2006 colliding outflow boundaries near Calgary, AB
- June 22, 2007 tornadic supercell that hit southern Manitoba
- June 23, 2007 cyclic tornadic supercell that hit southern Manitoba
- June 28, 2010 right-moving supercells that hit southern Saskatchewan
- July 2, 2010 tornadic supercell that hit near Raymore, SK
- July 4, 1996 Tornadic storm that struck near Saskatoon, SK
- July 7, 2011 Tornado near Olds, AB
- July 9, 2008 bow echo in western Saskatchewan
- July 10, 2008 hail spike in western Manitoba
- July 11, 2004 hailstorm that hit west Edmonton
- July 14, 2000 Pine Lake, AB tornado
- July 24, 2000 Brunkild, MB tornado
- July 24, 2007 dryline in western Alberta
- July 26, 2010 supercells in southern Manitoba
- August 3, 2007 bow echo that started in Maine and ended up in New Brunswick
Autumn
- September 6, 2007 cold front that blasted through southern Alberta
- October 5, 2005 snowstorm that dumped up to 45 cm of snow across southern Manitoba
- October 6 - 8, 2004 classic cyclogenesis off the west coast of Canada, from baroclinic leaf to occlusion
- November 1 - 5, 2004 a chinook event--multi-day--in Alberta
- November 8, 2004 freezing rain north of Edmonton
- November 10, 2004 snowsqualls off the Manitoba lakes
- November 29 - December 1, 2004 strong front slicing across the prairies
Winter
- November 21-22, 2005 possible polar low over Hudson Bay
- December 19, 2004 convective squall line yes, you read that right! which moved through Edmonton, AB
- December 30, 2004 winter storm which brought heavy snowfalls to southern Manitoba
- January 7, 2008 historic severe weather outbreak in the US
- January 9, 2008 severe squall line in southern Ontario and western New York
- January 12, 2005 blowing snow across southern Saskatchewan
- January 21, 2005 blowing snow across southern SK and southern MB
Spring
- May 11, 2004 snowstorm that hit the prairies
- May 12, 2006 tough forecast decision about thunderstorms over western SK and eastern AB
Non-Prairie weather
- Hurricane Charley's landfall from August 13, 2004
- Hurricane Ivan's landfall from September 15-16, 2004
Interesting weather imagery
RADAR imagery
- Anticyclonically-rotating mesocyclone - a supercell rotating anticyclonically near the ND-MB border on June 8, 2005
- Beam blocking due to terrain - an example of RADAR beams being blocked by terrain
- Birds - birds leaving the roost for morning foraging
- Bow echo - a bow echo in Kansas which caused extensive wind damage on June 16, 2004
- Bow echo - click here to get to a series of RADAR animations from a severe thunderstorm which hit the Minneapolis, MN area on May 9, 2004
- Bow echo - a bow echo that started in Maine and ended up in New Brunswick
Satellite imagery
- Blocking - a blocking pattern setting up over western North America
- Blowing snow - blowing snow across southern Saskatchewan on January 12, 2005
- Blowing snow 2 - blowing snow across southern SK and southern MB
- Chinook - strong winds in southwestern Alberta
- Cloud scouring - cloud being eliminated by what seems like a point source near Thompson, MB on November 27, 2005
- Cold front - a cold front across northern Manitoba, as seen on visible satellite imagery
- Cumulus field - Lake locations are evident on the satellite animation when the cumulus field forms on May 30, 2005
- Cutoff low - A cutoff low forming off the west coast of California
- Cyclogenesis - classic cyclogenesis off the west coast of Canada, from baroclinic leaf to occlusion
- Deformation zone - a deformation zone off the east coast of Canada
- Dryline - a well-defined dryline in Oklahoma
- Fog dissipation - radiation fog dissipating over Washington state on October 4, 2004 (also listed under "volcano")
- Heavy snowfall - the snowstorm that dumped up to 45 cm of snow across southern Manitoba on October 5, 2005
- Hurricane - Hurricane Ivan's landfall from September 15-16, 2004
- Impending thunderstorms - a tough forecast decision about thunderstorms over western SK and eastern AB
- Lake Sakakawea - Lake Sakakawea is very noticeable in the cumulus field on August 1, 2010
- Multiple features - Many interesting features on a visible satellite animation from August 13, 2005
- Outflow boundary - a satellite animation of an outflow boundary in Louisiana on June 1, 2004
- Overshooting top - a satellite animation of an overshooting top in Saskatchewan on June 29, 2010
- Persistent cumuli - convective initiation in southwestern SK on May 22, 2006
- Polar low? - a possible polar low over Hudson Bay on November 23, 2005
- Sea breeze - a sea breeze off of Hudson Bay
- Shadows - Shadows cast by the early morning sun on a convective line
- Snow on the ground - topography easily visible after a major snowfall
- Snowstorm - the May 11, 2004 snowstorm that hit the prairies
- Sun glint - the sun's reflection on visible satellite imagery
- Weather bomb - a true weather bomb on water vapour satellite imagery
- Winter storm - a winter storm on December 30, 2004 that brought heavy snowfalls to southern Manitoba
- Upper ridge - an upper ridge over western Canada, as seen on water vapour satellite loops
- Volcano - Mount Saint Helens releasing some steam on October 4 and 5, 2004
- Von Kármán vortex? - an interesting phenomenon occurring over the north basin of Lake Winnipeg
- Vorticity centres - vorticity centres moving through a northwest flow
Both RADAR and satellite imagery
- Bust storm chase - Weather Central's webmaster's bust chase from June 4, 2005
- Cold front - a cold front that blasted through southern Alberta on September 6, 2007
- Derecho - a derecho which travelled from Chicago, IL to near Washington, DC on May 21, 2004
- Hurricane - Hurricane Charley during landfall
- Lake breeze - a lake breeze/cold front combination that set off some thunderstorms on August 30, 2007
- Line of severe thunderstorms - the storms that hit southern Manitoba on August 20, 2006
- Mystery - RADAR echoes that were unexpected
- Smoke - forest fire smoke in northern Washington State
- Snowsqualls - snowsqualls off of the Manitoba lakes
- Splitting supercell - a splitting supercell in Nebraska and Iowa
- Supercell - a supercell that hit southwestern Manitoba on August 7, 2011
- Supercells - the severe thunderstorms that hit southern Manitoba and North Dakota on August 26, 2007
- Supercells - the severe thunderstorms that hit southern Manitoba on July 26, 2010
- Tornadic supercell - the Brunkild, MB tornado of July 24, 2000
- Tornadic supercell - the Pine Lake, AB tornado of July 14, 2000
- Tornadic supercell - the cyclic tornadic supercell that hit southern Manitoba on June 23, 2007
- Tornadic supercells - a family of supercells in North Dakota chased by a few of the staff members of the PASPC-Winnipeg
- Tornadic thunderstorm (mini-supercell?) - tornado in Raymond, AB
Pictures and other stuff
- Tornadic supercells - a family of supercells in North Dakota chased by a few of the staff members of the PASPC-Winnipeg
- Pilot Mound tornado - a multi-vortex tornado, later rated an F2, in southern Manitoba on July 2, 2005
- Airmass identification - a series of tephigrams showing remarkable similarities
- Dryline - a dryline in western Alberta
- If you have any interesting weather pictures or video you would like posted on this site, email us and tell us about it
Weather learning and training
- Storm-based warnings training from Warning Decision Training Branch
- The NWS warning decision simulator from NWS FFC (Peachtree City, Georgia)
- Chase cases (practice) prepared by Tim Vasquez
- NorLat, UCAR/NCAR's Northern meteorology science website
- COMET, one of the best meteorology training sites
- MetEd, another wonderful training site
- Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
- VISIT, Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training, out of the University of Wisconsin
- CIMSS, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, also out of the University of Wisconsin
- UCAR, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- CIRA, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, out of Colorado State University
- The AMS Journals online note: a subscription is needed to read the articles
- Satellite imagery training
- Another great satellite training site
- Glossary of weather terms for storm spotters
- A refresher on American RADAR, geared mainly toward operational meteorologists
- A technical note about supercells and tornadoes
- The Miller technique is a great starting point for forecasting severe thunderstorms
- Chapter 3 of Weldon's notes on satellite image interpretation - this is about 3 megs
- Chapter 4 of Weldon's notes on satellite image interpretation - this is about 5 megs
- Research on Convective Snows - very interesting
Weather conferences and meetings
Miscellaneous weather science information
- University of Manitoba AERI comparisons against XWI observed soundings as well as RUC and GEM forecast soundings
- Is it worthwhile for meteorologists to alter automated extended forecasts? Here is a paper suggesting an answer to this question
Information for U of M students
- Presentations from the synoptic meteorology course
- Storm chasing class at the U of M! (scroll down to course number 053.467)
- Nomograms for forecasting temperature
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