The Journal Pioneer

People have said to me, “How hard can it be to predict the weather, it travels from west to east.” If only it were that simple.  All week, we watched as a powerful fall storm tracked towards – then intensified over ...

­­Since your letters and stories continue to fill my inbox, I would like to share a few more memories of the infamous October storm. It was a weather bomb; it came ashore near Sheet Harbour, N.S., and crossed over to the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...

I didn’t live here in 1974 but as I read the wonderful letters you so kindly submitted following Saturday’s weather column, I feel that that October storm – 45 years ago – brought people together, much like our more recent ...

Fall can be fickle.  It’s a season of transition… or, as I like to say, a shoulder season. Storms with dual personalities roll up the coast, teasing us with their warm side only to whip around with a wallop of winter as they ...

Earlier this week, there was talk out there of a nor’easter; I couldn’t see how it would be possible – given the placement of the systems.  You see it’s all about location.  Where the high- and low-pressure systems ...

The month is more than half over and we’ve not much to complain about; still no sign of snow and our daytime high temperatures are very comfortable.  But it’s just a matter of time, isn’t it?   As winter nears, we go ...

Thanksgiving weekend is here. Thanksgiving is one of my favourite holidays. What’s not to like about it? The food is fabulous, the countryside is breathtaking in its stunning fall cloak, family and friends come together, and… we get to ...

When it comes to our weather, as is so often the case with real estate, it’s all about location. For a few days now, a powerful October nor’easter, just off Cape Cod, has been pounding the New England coastline with wind gusts to 100 ...

I love my job, but I learned a long time ago, that I can’t please everyone with one forecast. So, the thank-yous are few and far between. Over the last few days, I’ve received numerous emails from readers, thanking me …for the ...

I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hornstein, but in a very ethereal way, our paths have crossed … Our careers, in many ways, were quite similar. We grew up on modest farms in Ontario, worked for our national weather service, briefed ...