The Journal Pioneer

That midweek spring storm was quite something, regardless of where you live in Atlantic Canada. Rainfall totals were as high as 70 mm in Shelburne, N.S., and Doaktown, N.B., took top honours in the snow department with 28 cm of new snow. The wind ...

Spring. I’ve heard many people say we don’t really get a true spring in Atlantic Canada. I guess we don’t experience typical spring weather, but it certainly is changeable, not to mention entertaining. For example, last week this ...

Mom always said the day was not lost if you learned something new. Last week I learned something very interesting about Easter. Just before Lent, I wrote about Easter and how it is known as a moveable feast because it doesn’t fall on a ...

One week ago today, we bid farewell to winter and welcomed in the new season. That alone is exciting, but this year was special – the vernal equinox was greeted by a lovely full moon. The full moon in March carries a few names, but on the farm, ...

March can serve up all kinds of ice:  black ice, freezing rain, ice pellets, ice fog… Earlier this month, I received an email from Darrell Beaver about some ice he found in his dog’s water bowl. That’s not uncommon, but the ...

I get a lot of mail. These days most of it is email, but every now and again, a letter is delivered to my office. I love it. That happened on Monday. The letter came from Nicolaas DeVries of Clementsport, N.S. In his letter, DeVries pointed out ...

Last week I got an email from David Brown. He was curious about a common meteorological term used by many and asked if I could explain it. The term in question is “probability of precipitation” (POP) or “chance of ...

The other day Betty Meredith posted a stunning photo on my Facebook page. That’s not unusual; Betty has an amazing eye for photography. A question accompanied the photo. Betty wanted to know what the soft vertical band of colour was in the ...

What a photo!  You have to admit those are very impressive clouds.  I have seen clouds like this before, but only in the summer or early fall.  These clouds were spotted over Grand Manan Island, N.B., in February and I’m hearing ...

They don’t appear very often but when they do, they get everybody talking – snow rollers! A snow roller is a fairly rare meteorological phenomenon where snowballs are formed naturally as chunks of snow are blown along the ground by ...