How Are Clouds Formed?

The weather page is prepared by Daniel Bezte. Dan has a BA Honours degree in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He has taught climate and weather classes at the U of W, and is a guest climate expert on CJOB’s morning show with Larry Updike. Daniel runs a computerized weather station

Looking At Clouds

High-Level Clouds Cirrus Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Mid-Level Clouds Altostratus Altocumulus Low-Level Clouds Stratus Nimbostratus Stratocumulus Clouds with Vertical Development Cumulus Cumulonimbus The weather page is prepared by Daniel Bezte. Dan has a BA Honours degree in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He has taught climate and weather classes at the U of


Issued: Monday, July 20, 2009 Covering: July 22 –July 29

In the words of Environment Canada’s Patrick McCarthy, “it looks like June weather until the end of the month, July in August?” Last week, it looked like the weather pattern was finally going to shift and we were going to see a sustained period of summer-like weather. Well, now it is looking like we are

Issued: Monday, June 15, 2009 Covering: June 17 –June 24

Maybe I should be a pessimist more often. After months and months of trying to see the best possible outcomes in the weather models, last week I finally gave in, went to the dark side and what happens? The weather ends up taking the optimistic path! The big question that’s now on most people’s minds



Issued: Monday, May 25, 2009 Covering: May 28 –June 3

I’m starting to get a bad feeling about what this summer’s weather is going to be like. Usually when the weather pattern changes, it does so in a dramatic way, but so far I see no signs of it changing. In fact, the longer-range weather models, which have been hinting at a dramatic change in


Issued: Monday, May 4, 2009 Covering: May 6 –May 13

The weather for this forecast period is not looking that great, but it is not looking that bad either. For most of this forecast period we are going to be dealing with weak weather. That is, there will not be any strong areas of low or high pressure around to dominate the weather. For the

Climate variability and Galactic Cosmic Rays

We know from research and simply everyday experience, that cloud cover can have a significant effect on temperature. I promised I would get back to our discussion about solar activity and variability of the climate here on Earth. Some people have been asking me how this fits into the weather lessons series I have been