Latest
News: May 12th - 19th Tornado Alley Chase Trip! |
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| 'Tis the season for
severe storms across the southern and central plains of the United States. This year storm
chaser and Weather Network meteorologist Patrick Cool and I will be heading down to
Tornado alley for 7 days. For the latest updates and information click on the image above
or visit www.vaughanweather.com/tornadoalley |
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| June
8th 2007 - Squall Line Blasts Through |
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| What was
supposed to be a day of pre-frontal storms with possible supercells turned into a linear
situation, but just as things seemed to be winding down the squall line blasted through
with strong winds and dust clouds producing damage throughout Southern Ontario. |
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| May
15th 2007 - Supercells and Hail |
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| Supercells
spawned ahead of a cold front produced large hail of up to 4cm, damaging winds, tornadoes
and impressive cloud structures. |
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| April
29 2007 - Popcorn Virga Showers |
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| Virga showers
which formed on a weak trof in very dry conditions provided some very photogenic cloud
scapes. |
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| April
23rd 2007 - Strong storms destroy structure |
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| A unexpectedly
strong squall line formed and allowed the 850 mb low level jet winds to mix down to the
sfc producing incredible damage across much of York Region and the general Toronto area.
Pictured above is a destroyed warehouse under construction in Concord. |
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| April
3rd 2007 - Unexpected shelf/roll cloud with a weak cold front |
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| An unexpected
shelf cloud formed along a strong and pronounced cold front accompanied by very weak
thunderstorms producing some lightning and thunder. |
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| March
26th 2007 - FLooding in the Milton area |
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| Moderate
storms prompted warnings in the GTA and produced localized flooding and reports of hail
thanks to low freezing levels and still frozen waterways. |
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| August
2nd 2006 - Squalls and meso's |
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A supercell
chase and squall line!
*UPDATE* - CLICK HERE FOR NEWS ARCHIVE |
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| March
13th 2006 - Supercellular bust! |
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| What started
out as a possibly memorable day quickly became nothing more than a drive through the
country when conditions which were primed, failed to produce more than some rain showers
in the Listowel area. A weak line of storms which formed in Michigan quickly began to show
some good rotation and other characteristics but just as soon as it had the started the
storms quickly faded into thin air as they attempted to cross the cold waters of Lake
Huron. Such storm conditions are usually not present in Ontario until late April or early
May which has many wondering just what the 2006 storm season will bring? |
| SPACE |
| August
19th 2005 - Supercell spawns tornadoes in Fergus and floods the GTA |
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Above: Only
the hardiest vehicle are able to traverse an overflowing creek covering portions of Martin
Grove road just north of highway 7 in Woodbridge, Ontario.
Ontario residents from Stratford through Fergus and into Toronto were effected by
an intense supercell thunderstorm which produced large hail, high winds and flooding
rains. Two tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in Fergus Ontario creating an
immense swath of damage while flooding rains were the main problem in the GTA where some
places saw a radar estimated 220mm (8.5 inches) of rain in less than an hour. |
| SPACE |
| June
5th Severe Squall Line - Goderich Ontario |
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Above: Outflow
winds from the squall line stir up dust in Goderich. The day was primed for prefrontal
storms until the cap built in and the sun set leaving only a large squall line. The line
which was racing across lake Huron at 110km/h pummeled many coastal areas knocking down
trees.
Click here for
a video. |
| SPACE |
| May
10th Bust! - Capped |
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| Spotty
rainshowers and a rainbow dot the horizon near Tavistock as Patrick Cool and Tom Stefanac
attempt to find a thunderstorm. Thus far the 2005 storm season has yet to reveal any
severe weather. |
| SPACE |
| April
19th Bust! - Hot Hotter Hottest |
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| Storm
Chaser's, Dave Raynor, Tom Stefanac and Mark Rozitis parked from left to right, sit and
and discuss the days lack of storms at a rest storm near hwy's 88 and the 400. While there
were no storms, record breaking temperatures were experienced in much of Southern Ontario
as the mecury soared into the high twenties. April 19th is now officially the hottest day
of 2005 thus far. |
| SPACE |
| Wxscan
Radio/Weather Group - 02/28/04 |
With the Canwarn list dead for
now and no present radio/scanner group operating, a good friend of mine Mr.Mark Rozitis
launched Wxscan today. The group is located on the Yahoo groups server and contains
hundreds of scanner codes, and many interesting photos taken in recent years. An excellent
group to join if you are interested in scanner/radios and weather.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wxscan/
and join now! |
