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WEATHER U: The science behind upside-down icicles
March can serve up all kinds of ice: black ice, freezing rain, ice pellets, ice fog… Earlier this month, I received an email from Darrell Beaver about some ice he found in his dog’s water bowl. That’s not uncommon, but the ...
WEATHER U: The science behind the ‘suetes’
I get a lot of mail. These days most of it is email, but every now and again, a letter is delivered to my office. I love it. That happened on Monday. The letter came from Nicolaas DeVries of Clementsport, N.S. In his letter, DeVries pointed out ...
WEATHER U: POP count? Not on my watch!
Last week I got an email from David Brown. He was curious about a common meteorological term used by many and asked if I could explain it. The term in question is “probability of precipitation” (POP) or “chance of ...
WEATHER U: Parhelion poses for a picture
The other day Betty Meredith posted a stunning photo on my Facebook page. That’s not unusual; Betty has an amazing eye for photography. A question accompanied the photo. Betty wanted to know what the soft vertical band of colour was in the ...
WEATHER U: Making sense of upside-down clouds
What a photo! You have to admit those are very impressive clouds. I have seen clouds like this before, but only in the summer or early fall. These clouds were spotted over Grand Manan Island, N.B., in February and I’m hearing ...
WEATHER U: It’s just how they roll…
They don’t appear very often but when they do, they get everybody talking – snow rollers! A snow roller is a fairly rare meteorological phenomenon where snowballs are formed naturally as chunks of snow are blown along the ground by ...
WEATHER U: Digging out mittens and a wind chill chart
It was not warm yesterday, but it’s even colder today. The dome of arctic air that’s been parked west of the region is snuggling in a little - that means the cold is about to bottom out! As accurate as ...
WEATHER U: Going to fetch some snow
Many of us are familiar with the term snow squall. ...
WEATHER U: Befuddled by brown snow
I love curious minds! On Sunday, Loretta Googoo from Wagmatcook, Cape Breton, N.S., posted this on my Facebook page: "Hello Cindy. I have a question. Maybe you can answer this. We at the Cape noticed the ...
WEATHER U: Century-old Herald clipping sheds light on Cold Friday
I was thrilled to receive this yellowed Herald clipping from Janet. She found this little treasure in the bottom of an old trunk. A century-old Herald clipping sheds light on Cold Friday! Just before Christmas I received a lovely note from Janet. ...
