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This article describes severe weather terminology used by the Meteorological Service of Canada, a branch within Environment and Climate Change Canada. The article primarily describes various weather warnings, and their criteria. Related weather scales and general weather terms are also addressed in this article.
Alerts distributed by NAAD originate from specially-designated government agencies/ministries and provincial alerting agencies. [50] Severe weather alerts are issued by the federal Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), while all other emergency alert messages are issued by the respective provincial/territorial government organizations. [51]
Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to SKstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #SKStorm.
A Snow Squall Warning was in effect for the area, with Environment And Climate Change Canada warning of up to an additional 4 inches of snow and hazardous travel conditions Friday due to reduced ...
The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC; French: Service météorologique du Canada – SMC) is a branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards.
Weatheradio Canada (French: Radiométéo Canada) is a Canadian weather radio network owned and operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada division. It is one of the two weather radio systems across North America along with the NOAA Weather Radio, and is an official partner of the National Weather Service.
The first significant lake-effect snow event is well underway across the Great Lakes and interior Northeast, and AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn of additional heavy snow remaining in ...
In Canada, governmental weather warnings and watches are issued by the Environment Canada.Environment Canada defines an advisory as "an alert to cover a wide array of deteriorating weather conditions," a watch as "when conditions favour that severe weather forming" and a warning as "severe weather is actually occurring or is imminent."