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Welcome to NovaWeather... |
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...a source of weather information for meteorologists and citizens of Atlantic Canada |
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Site Intro Hurricane Research Page
Scroll down to the bottom of this page for the special weather events section |
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Drastic change of fall foliage in Halifax - comparison between 05 Nov 2005 and 05 Nov 2008 |
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Some peculiar cloud formations - Aug 01, 2008 |
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Weather conditions at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia (45.588N / 62.656W elevation 120 ft) DATA ARCHIVES: Year-to-date | Last month | This month | Past week | Past 2 days VIEW STATION DATA ON MAP CWOP DISPLAY AND INFO SITE | MAP | QC
View nearby web cam on Mt. William (elev ~ 300 ft, 3 km WSW of the station) Photographic views of the site and elevation map of surroundings - Pictou County |
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NW LOGIN WEBMAIL LOGIN
Web Forums ACOWW TCDG |
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Sunset views from the Atlantic Storm Prediction Center / Canadian Hurricane Center in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (July 28, 2005) sunset 1 sunset 2 |
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Environment Canada weatheroffice |
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Questions or comments? send email |
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Links with (*) are password-protected |
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RADAR IMAGERY Canadian Products: Gore NS (XGO) Marion Bridge NS (XMB) Chipman, NB (XNC) Holyrood NF (WTP) Marble Mountain NF (XME) Canadian Radar (every 10-minutes)* American Products: Caribou ME (CAR) Radar Loop US (Intellicast) Echo Tops/Cell Mvmt (Intellicast) NWS Real-time radar NEXRAD (with doppler velocity) |
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TROPICAL WEATHER Canadian Hurricane Centre (Halifax) Track Map CHC Bulletin and storm track archives National Hurricane Center (Miami) PSC Tropical Weather Page Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) Surface Analyses: 00Z | 06Z | 12Z | 18Z Summary page on hurricane models WU site Tropical Model Animations [more on FSU MM5] Horizontal hurricane surface wind fields (HWind) Kerry Emanuel's TC Forecast Page Jonathan Vigh's TC Forecast Page Tropical Satellite Imagery (NRL, Monterey) Tropical Satellite Imagery (CIRA) Tropical Satellite Imagery (CIMSS) (includes recon display) Bob Hart's Cyclone Phase Analyses AMSU-derived Tropical Products Weather Underground Tropical Page UNISYS Tropical Archive/Information JHU/APL Tropical Imagery AOML HRD Flight Imagery Best track datasets: DeMaria Landsea Kossin Hurricane City (Various Statistics) Hurricane Re-analysis Project (AOML) Hurricane Tracker (historical database) Bill Gray's seasonal forecasts Jim Leonard's Site StormPulse Storm Tracker Numerical guidance archive [documentation] TC Genesis Forecasts: Paul Roundy CIRA WMO RSMCs NTC Activity Calculator SST/SST Anomalies for Atlantic Hurricane Window |
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SATELLITE IMAGERY Interactive Satellite Viewer Big North America Images: IR | VIS | WV HRPT and GOES EAST* CMC Images POES rain-rate products TRaP (Tropical Rainfall Potential) MODIS - 250-m Resolution Maritimes subsets Gulf St. Lawrence subset Newfoundland subset CIMSS Imagery (Sat winds, shear products, etc) Upper Ocean Heat Content (from altimetry data) NRL - Various Images (US and S. Canada) Water Vapor Loops: NOAA1 NOAA2 NOAA3 |
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SURFACE OBSERVATIONS Map of Station Identifiers (Canada) Identifiers: NS/PEI NB NF LAB Halifax mesonetwork: aerial site names Eastern Canada (UNISYS) United States (UNISYS) NOAA(HPC) large surface plot maps (change UTC time in URL for current/history) Weather Interface Search Key (Taxas A&M) Interactive Surface Data (U. of Wyoming) SAs and SYNOs* Privately-operated weather stations: Tusket, NS(just east of Yarmouth) Bridgewater, NS Chester, NS Mahone Bay, NS Coldbrook, NS (near Greenwood) West Brooklyn Mtn, NS (10km east of Wolfville) Middle Sackville, NS Bedford, NS [map] Dartmouth, NS (Woodside - EMO Bldg) Cole Harbor, NS Porter's Lake, NS Truro, NS [map] New Glasgow, NS archive Antigonish (Hbr), NS Drum Head, NS [Guysborough Co.] archive Baddeck, NS Sydney Mines NS Bertrand, NB (Acadian Pen.) Norris Pt., NL [map] Belanger (Codroy Vlly), NL Clarenville, NL New Chelsea (Avalon), NL St. John's, NF (MUN) Cape Pine, NL [map] OTHER SURFACE DATA: MADIS surface data display OTHER (Davisnet) - including many in NEW BRUNSWICK CWOP - Citizens Weather Observing Program MesoWest stations display map WeatherUnderground display map HYDROMETRIC DATA: Water Survey of Canada riverflow conditions Newfoundland River Flow Sites New Brunswick RiverWatch GPS-based 5-minutely surface data |
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MARINE WEATHER Offshore Weather Data Buoy Data: National Data Buoy Center Smartbay CMEP Lunenburg Bay buoys Gulf St Lawrence buoys (ILM) Buoy instrument specifications: 3-m discus | NOMAD Sea States: 12Z*: Anal | 12HR | 24HR | 36HR PROG 00Z*: Anal | 12HR | 24HR | 36HR PROG CMC Waves [WAM] NOAA WaveWatch III wave model SWAN / GoMOOS forecasts (waves) OPC Current Sea State NEREIDS Satellite Waves Coastal Surf Information Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data: NESDIS SST data - many regions REMSS SST interface REMSS TC Page NOAA satellite-based SST (high-res) DFO SSTs (Atlantic area) MODIS SST SST Anomalies: NESDIS NHC Gulf of Maine Ocean Prediction Center (Washington, DC) QuikSCAT Alternate 1 ASCAT Windsat (...and QuikSCAT, etc) Tidesonline - U.S. coastal tide gauge data Storm Surge Probabilistic Display (US) Canadian Tide Tables Tide gauges Canadian Ice Service |
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AVIATION WEATHER Canadian Products: NAVCAN Weather CMC Aviation PROGs GFAs for Canadian Airspace American Products: Aviation Digital Data Service (US) CAT Forecasts (NOAA) Aviation Weather Center (Kansas City) |
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SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER Quick Review of Convective Indices ANALYSIS PRODUCTS Radar Imagery NavCanada (CAPPI and Echo Tops) Maine Radar Echo Tops and Cell Movement Sounding Data (including many convective indices) FORECAST PRODUCTS CMC Summer Severe Weather PROGS ETA 4-panel Lifted Index Plots Storm Prediction Center (NWS) [SPC storm reports] |
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SURFACE ANALYSES Canada (CMC): 00Z | 06Z | 12Z | 18Z OPC Eastern Seaboard & West Atlantic: 00Z | 06Z | 12Z | 18Z OPC Western Europe & East Atlantic: 00Z | 06Z | 12Z | 18Z NA Temperature Contour (UNISYS) US Surface Weather Depiction 4-panel Weather Summary (PSC) Snow depth analyses |
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AIR QUALITY WX office AQ page AIRNOW Environment Canada AQHI Dalhousie U (Tom Duck) LIDAR output interpretation examples Canadian AQ model: CHRONOS American AQ model: Operational | Experimental |
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UPPER-AIR DATA Upper-air Charts (CMC): 850 | 700 | 500 | 250 Interactive Sounding Site Map (Canada, US) Mandatory Level Plots (UNISYS) Wind Profilers |
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LIGHTNING DATA WeatherTap LTNG Lightning analysis EC (strike frequency) Lightning analysis (TWN) StormVue (NE US/Ern. Canada) StormVue (NB - Fredericton) |
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FIRE WEATHER Canadian Fire Information Fire Weather in the US (NOAA) NB Fire Weather Observations NS Fire Weather Observations [Map for the fire sites] |
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WEATHER CAMS Highway Cameras: NS PEI NB NFLD Halifax - Harbour Cam Halifax - Fenwick Tower View Halifax - Bedford Basin Halifax International Airport 1 | 2 Peggy's Cove, NS Lunenburg / Chester, Nova Scotia Digby, Nova Scotia Kentville Downtown West Brooklyn Mtn (10km E. Wolfville, NS) Liverpool, NS (east and west views) Cape Breton - L'Ardoise Prince Edward Island Cams (incl. Bridge) Fredericton, NB (AFC Cam) St. John's, NF (downtown) WU Webcams Nav Canada sites Quebec region cameras More web cams at Rodney Barney's site |
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METEOROLOGICAL DATA ARCHIVES Canadian data: Station Data Monthly Summaries Storm Summary Reports - Atlantic Canada METARs and SAs running archive (max past 1440 obs) PSC surface data display interface (back to 1998) FSL Sounding Archive (1998...) IRGA Sounding Archive NESDIS Satellite Archive (1974...) QuikSCAT [storm archive 1] [storm archive 2] AVHRR SST/Cloud-cover Archive (1979...) Radar Data Archive Canadian Buoy Data Archive SST Archive (CLASS) Special Events Imagery (NCDC) Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Data (1976...) Precipitation graphics (monthly) + climatology NCEP-NCAR Re-analyses (1948...) Visualization NOAA SRRS - various NOAA-based products archive Climate Diagnostics Center historical data plotting interface Oceanographic Data (SST Climatology, BIO) SST Data since 1997 Daily Weather Maps (US, lower Canada) Station data plot archive Station observation history (Canada) Numerical Model Output Archive TRMM archive viewer - tropical/subtropical applications (also includes GOES IR, QuikSCAT and TMI SST) |
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COMPUTER MODEL FORECASTS Various Models: site 1 | site 2 (includes 1-week archive) CMC GEM runs (regional/global/ensemble) [GEM Cloud] Multi-Model Display/Comparison Site NCEP Models Page (NAM, GFS, MRF, NGM) GEM Precip Types NAM/GFS Precip Types [alternate site] NAM/GFS Precp + other NAM QSF GFS Theta-e on Dynamic Trop Progs SUNY Albany - specialized forecast fields (shear/PV charts) GEM Model Displays: REG GLB U. Mich. Models Page (ETA, AVN, ECMWF...) ECMWF day 3-4-5-6 MRF 9-panel (UNISYS) Cyclone tracking site WRF for NFLD (SmartBay) Model Soundings (WRF, GFS, UKMET) MOS from GEM*: NS PEI NB NF (1 2 3) |
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REFERENCE / MANUALS WeatherTap (lightning, radar, etc) Natural Hazards of Canada The Weather Calculator (El Paso NWSO) UM Weather Software Archive Standard Atmosphere Calculator CMC Wind Chill, Humidex, Humidity Calculators Canadian Wind Chill Table (Celsius, km/h) Saturation Vapor Pressure Table (mb) Humidex Table (Celsius) with dew points Sun and Moon Rise/Set Tables Meteorological SYNO Decodes Synoptic Codes Table AMS Journals Online [forthcoming issues] Precipitation-typing nomogram Table Radar Beam Height Nomogram Photo Gallery of Weather Blank Plotting Maps - Eastern Canada: 1. Atlantic Canada 2. Marine Regions 3. Maritimes 4. Maritimes 2 5. Atlantic Canada 2 6. Color topo-ref map MatLab scripts Norlat Case Studies Library Wave training module (including dynamic fetch) Lat/Long finder |
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MANOBS MANAIR MANAB MANMAR PUBPRO TAF/METAR |
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TEXT FORECASTS Public Nova Scotia Prince Edward Is. New Brunswick Newfoundland Labrador Complete suite of bulletins* |
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MEDIA The Halifax Herald (Halifax NS) Halifax Metro News (formerly Daily News) The Telegram (St. John's NF) New Glasgow NS News (East Coast FM Radio) New Glasgow Evening News |
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CLIMATOLOGY Canadian Climate Normals - 1971-2000 data Volunteer Climate Network Maps Bjarne Hansen's diurnal/seasonal climatology website |
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EC Clients Server (password required) |
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS Maritimes Newfoundland Labrador (150-ft intervals) Atlantic Canada Locator Map Nova Scotia (with locators) Pictou Co., NS (very high-res) With station identifiers: NS NB NF LAB |
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Special Weather Events |
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The Great Maritimes Blizzard of February 18-19, 2004 (a.k.a. White Juan) Summary Report |
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Impacts of the Blizzard of January 23/24, 2005 in the Maritimes Summary Report |
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HURRICANE JUAN PAGE Hurricane Juan: September 28th and 29th, 2003 - Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island |
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Major Flood of March 31, 2003 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada |
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A Short Case Study of an Exceptionally Hot Summer Day: August 10th, 2001 REPORT (pdf)
Fig. 1 - Surface analysis 18 UTC Fig. 2 - 500 mb Height Analysis 18 UTC Fig. 3 - 850 mb Temperatures 12 UTC Fig. 4 - 850 mb Temperatures 18 UTC Fig. 5. - Maximum Temperature Plot Fig. 6 - Sea Surface Temperature Analysis Fig. 7 - Sounding from Yarmouth 12 UTC |
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Heavy Wet Snowfall Event - Halifax, 7 November 2002 Image 1 Storm Summary Image 2 06Z 7 Nov Imagery: Image 3 Surface Analysis Satellite 500 mb HT/Vort (00HR ETA) Image 4 Radar Composite 1000-500mb Thickness/SLP |
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Link to my Projects Page which includes information on my carreer, projects and publications. The site is devoted to my primary research topic, Extratropical Transition. |
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Bookmarks tstorms.org Dalhousie Oceanography Department POMSS (seminars) Community for Mesoscale Modeling RPN Utilities Dalhousie Atmospheric Physics Program CMOS Shell script writing
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This site is owned and operated by Chris Fogarty, last updated on 03 July 2009 [Site created November 12, 1999] Report old links to: EMAIL |
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