Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 1d The active, recent stretch of thunderstorm activity could continue on Wednesday, with a severe chance across a good swath of the lower Great Lakes region in southern Ontario. But wildfire smoke could be a factor in any storm development. #ONstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 1d The Prairies have been bombarded with severe, damaging weather this year, with June 9-10 storms in Saskatchewan and Manitoba reportedly fetching a bill of more than $840 million of insured losses. @insurancebureau.bsky.social #SKstorm #MBstorm www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 4d In 2025, close to 32,500 pieces of plastic and other debris, weighing more than 42 kilograms, were sorted and classified at sites in the Great Lakes region.
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 5d Finally. @environmentca.bsky.social forecasters will soon issue targeted (polygons) severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings that are limited only to areas under greatest threat from life-threatening hazards. It will begin this month. @wxdam.com with story. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 7d It is estimated that nearly 10 million kilograms of #plastic enter the Great Lakes each year. But there is a solution. Introducing the first BeBot, a fully electric, remote-controlled, beach-cleaning robot, in Canada. Story to come this weekend. @weathernetwork.bsky.social
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 10d Amid dangerous fire weather conditions this week, air quality is taking a dive across parts of B.C. as shifting winds pump in wildfire smoke. #BCwx
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Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 11d A moisture-laden low slides across the Ohio Valley on Sunday, bringing a moist, frontal boundary across southern Ontario throughout the day. Some areas could see 50-75+mm of rainfall. #ONstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 11d Shaking was reported from Friday's earthquake, including accounts from people as far away as Everett, Wash. The 5.5.-magnitude event was caused a mainly sideways movement along a near-vertical fault. #BCwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 14d Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and St. Catharines, Ont., dealing with localized, massive flooding from tumultuous, overnight storm that dumped up to 146 mm of rain (areas around Virgil), and prompted work crews to work through Tuesday. #ONstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 16d Severe ingredients overlap across central Alberta through Tuesday evening, meaning supercells are increasingly likely across the area. Risk of damaging winds up to 110 km/h, very large hail and a couple of tornadoes. #ABstorm #ABwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 18d The annual survey from WWF Mexico found an optimistic rise of 64 per cent in the area of forest the monarchs occupied in the 2025-26 winter--a sign their numbers have gone up, the organization said. Could translate to anywhere from a few million to tens of millions of more monarchs. @wwfcanada.org
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 18d The Prairies remain hot, humid and smoky on Sunday, with the heat building across southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba as the severe weather threat shifts east. However, wildfire smoke could be the wild card factor. #SKstorm #MBstorm www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 22d Most Canadians aren't ready to hear this kind of news, but 17 centimetres of snow has already fallen in this part of the country in July. Alert, Nvt., has received 17 cm of snow in July so far--the remote community's snowiest month of 2026 so far. #NUwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 23d Moderate earthquakes were recorded off the B.C. coast on Sunday, but they did not cause any damage or pose a tsunami threat. The Sunday quakes occurred on the Explorer Plate, near the Nootka Fault Zone, a seismically active, offshore region. #BCwx
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Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 25d The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has started in an unusually quiet fashion with only one named storm so far. But that is likely to change soon. The formation of a tropical depression will likely become #Bertha on Sunday night or Monday. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· 29d "Sea ice serves as the Earth’s air conditioner, helping to keep our planet cool. It’s also the basis of the Arctic marine food web, and is used by northern communities for transportation and access to food," @polarbearsinternational.org said on its website. #ArcticSeaIceDay
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 12 The heat is back. Look at those northwestern temperatures and humidex values, especially, on Monday. Temperatures soar into the 30s and humidex values return to the 40s. #ONwx
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 11 The storm-plagued Prairies will once again see a renewed potential for severe weather on Saturday. All modes of severe weather will be possible for some areas, including one or two tornadoes. #ABstorm #SKstorm
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Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 9 #ONstorm risk map for Thursday. Southern Ontario main hazards are heavy rain, strong winds and toonie-sized hail. Linear, bowing segments are possible in eastern Ontari0--threats of strong to damaging wind gusts near 100 km/h. #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 7 Another evacuation order was issued Monday due to the Brunswick Creek wildfire burning near Boston Bar, B.C.
The Boston Bar First Nation said anyone living in IR 2 Kopchitchin must leave immediately. #BCFire #BCwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 7 Ontario's recent bout of severe weather has yielded two more tornadoes to its 2026 count. A tornado that occurred near Verona, Ont., on June 30 had a track length of 18.2 km, the third-longest in Canada so far in 2026. #ONstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 5 It's worth mentioning that it has been more than 60 days since Barrie saw temperatures fall below the freezing mark, and yet, the snow pile is considerably high still. And Barrie has recorded nine days of temperatures above the 30-degree mark. #ONwx
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 4 Saturday #ABstorm #SKstorm #MBstorm risk. Storms may begin as discrete supercells before growing into larger clusters as they move east. Large hail, 90–100 km/h wind gusts, and even a tornado are all possible--with the twister risk highest in Alberta. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jul 1 A stiflingly hot #CanadaDay is in store for Ontario and Quebec, with daytime highs in the 30s and humidex values in the 40s. The heat and humidity are creating the perfect conditions for severe thunderstorms to develop in some areas. #ONstorm #QCstorm
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Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jun 30 Western Manitoba is experiencing flooding following days of heavy rain that dumped more than 100 millimetres across the region, with @environmentca.bsky.social reporting at least 152 millimetres in Boissevain since Monday morning. #MBstorm #MBwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jun 30 By late Tuesday afternoon, the severe-weather environment peaks over eastern Ontario and southern Quebec, including Cornwall, Ottawa-Gatineau and Montreal. MCS line of storms. Damaging winds, large hail and a tornado or two possible. #ONstorm #QCstorm www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jun 29 Residents of Wrigley, N.W.T., have been ordered to evacuate over a wildfire burning near the community of about 130 people. Wrigley is the second community in the territory to evacuate in last 24 hours. #NTfire #NTwx
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Nathan Howes TWN@natetwnclimate· Jun 29 Tornado watch extended into portions of southern Manitoba. Tornadoes will be a strong possibility with the severe storm development, with the threat increasing towards the early-evening hours. #MBstorm #ONstorm
