Join us for our interview with Meteorologist Matthew Corkum of Dynasty Power.  Learn how Matt provides weather forecasts for an energy trading company where money is on the line. Many Canadians are apprehensive to believe their local forecast when deciding what to wear or if an outdoor event will be cancelled.  Can you imagine investing your hard earned money on weather forecasts instead?

Welcome

Thank you for joining us for this episode of Canada Talks Weather – the weekly podcast where we talk about all things weather coast to coast across Canada.

Introduction

Canada Talks Weather is usually a weekly podcast but last week we missed our regularly scheduled program due to a health scare.  Jerry found himself in the hospital early last week with all the symptoms of a heart attack but is still alive and happy to be back here on the show this week.

How about the heat?  Heat warnings out way ahead of this event called Early Notification for Extreme Temperatures – thoughts?

 Tornado warnings Friday night to Sunday night (7warnings, 2 watches): Any confirmed in Ontario this weekend.

Matthew Corkum Interview

Find out about Matthew’s path to becoming a meteorologist that involved thirteen years of schooling and a PdD from York University.

Matt has spastic cerebral palsy yet has carved out a lucrative career that includes helping to teach many young meteorologists from York University.

Learn what things are critical in forecast weather for energy consumption and see that meteorology positions exist outside the regular path through Environment Canada or the Weather Network.

You can find Matt on Twitter @windpowermatt  https://twitter.com/windpowermatt

Weather Wisdom with Daniel Liota

This week Daniel speaks about the various types of bulletins that are issued in Canada by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Coast to Coast!

East Coast:

Finally some warm weather for the east coast.  It looks like it may hold on for a few more days before a trough comes through to cool things off.

Quebec/Ontario:

Another few days before the ridge collapses to more seasonal weather this coming weekend.

Prairies:

A ridge builds by the end of the week and brings hot weather back into the region by the end of this week and into next week.

West Coast:

Wet warm weather for the next week before dry hot weather arrives for the middle of the month.

Wx Tips       

Jerry:

Jerry’s pick this week is about phased array radar that could be the next generation radar for NOAA south of the border.  Read a little bit about the history and benefits of this type of radar system.

https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/tools/radar/mpar/

Daniel:

Daniel’s pick of the week is an app called ‘mping’.  The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is collecting public weather reports through a free app available for smartphones or mobile devices. The app is called “mPING,” for Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground.  Find this app on your smartphones App Store and read more at:

https://mping.nssl.noaa.gov/

Matt:

Matt’s pick is the website ‘Tropical Tidbits’ run by Ph.D. student Levi Cowan.  This is a favourite or Matt’s and ours for the latest model data and includes lots of good information about tropical storm activity.  The site is free and worth checking out at:

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/

 Closing       

Thank you for listening today and a special thanks to our guest Mat...