The Journal Pioneer

On Tuesday, while many of us were enjoying some much-needed rain, stormy skies were brewing over Prince Edward Island. Thunderstorms were travelling along a very slow-moving cold front that was starting to tap into moisture funnelling northward ...

I’d like to begin by thanking my many Facebook friends for taking time to post such fabulous photos. If you don’t follow me on Facebook, you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s a fan page, so just “like” one ...

The date of this month’s full moon is a little up in the air.   That seems like a strange thing to say because the exact time of the full moon is calculated quite precisely. The confusion stretches across our time zone. For us in ...

Last weekend, most Atlantic Canadians got to feel the wind, but how many of you took a moment to listen to it? Depending on the rush of the wind and the shape of what it’s rushing over, the wind can moan, scream or sing. Sound originates as ...

Very soon, wind and rain warnings will be issued across the region.  We won’t be surprised by them, but I hope we all heed the warnings. Another set of warnings is sure to pop up: storm surge warnings.  Many of us hear the term ...

Over the last few days, we watched as Erin and Dorian developed, intensified, weakened and intensified again. Through it all, we’ve heard a chorus of tropical terms: tropical storm, tropical depression, post-tropical storm, etc. Yesterday my ...

I love my job and all that goes along with it – meeting you, the weather consumers, explaining the science behind things that happen in the sky and sharing my Grandmother’s wisdom with anyone who will listen. While the weather is not ...

“Local” is the craze these days and I love it. It’s so important to support local businesses and farmers, shop locally and eat local foods. It’s good for the economy, the environment and the soul. Local weather is also very ...

Yesterday’s cold front came through with some pretty intense thunderstorms. The frontal boundary was very slow moving; in fact, that same cold front pushed across the family farm in Bainsville, Ont., last Friday evening! I had just landed in ...

The first time I saw these heavenly rays was on a tiny prayer card my mom gave me when I was eight. I still have it and carry it with me in my wallet. I remember being fascinated by the shafts of light radiating through the clouds. For many years, ...