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The Canadian weather radar network consists of 33 weather radars spanning Canada's most populated regions. Their primary purpose is the early detection of precipitation , its motion and the threat it poses to life and property.
It is operated by Environment Canada and is part of the Canadian weather radar network, for which it is the primary research station. The 16.45 hectare [1] site is listed at an elevation of 360 m, and the tower is 27 m tall. [2] Mounted on the tower was a 5 cm weather radar, and a C-band dual-polarization radar system, installed at the site in ...
The number of climate change–related events, such as the 2021 British Columbia Floods and an increasing number of forest fires, has become an increasing concern over time. [56] Canada's annual average temperature over land warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F) between 1948 and 2016.
The California Current (Spanish: Corriente de California) is a cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Sur.
The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. [5] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in ...
High temperature records fell by the dozen this week as western Canada continued to suffer in a prolonged, scorching heat wave. About 90 wildfires , spurred on by unusually high temperatures ...
Province or Territory Record high temperature Date Place(s) Record low temperature Date Place(s) Alberta: 43.3 °C (110 °F) [1] July 21, 1931: Bassano Dam
From Feb. 18-20, 2004, 21 years ago this week, the Great Maritimes Blizzard hammered Atlantic Canada with heavy snow, high winds, blizzard conditions and storm surge flooding.