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I grew up with a weather journal. It wasn’t fancy, but it allowed me to make daily weather entries, keep track of big rain and snow storms and monitor Grandma’s quirky but always intriguing weather observations. You can find lovely ...

Years ago, almost every household had a woodstove. Today we have electric fireplaces to set the mood and gas fireplaces that we can turn on with a switch. Times have changed, but people do still have wood-burning stoves. If you have one, ...

I’ve been in this business long enough to know that people love to talk about the weather. Comments can range from: it’s too warm, too cold, been damp lately, where’s the sun, really, more snow?  …Well, you get the ...

When it comes to long-term forecasting, I like to leave things to Shubenacadie Sam, but on Thursday, I reluctantly went there ...

In meteorological circles, autumn is known as the shoulder season – it’s like a buffer between summer and winter. In some parts of the country it can be rather brief: one or two good blasts of arctic air and voila, winter settles ...

Nature is amazing.    Grandma believed that if you looked closely enough, you could find all sorts of signs of changing weather conditions. When it came to short-term forecasting, Grandma had the ...

Just when you thought the groundhog had dibs on weather folklore, along comes the woolly bear caterpillar. When it comes to long-term forecasting, one of the most talked about insects is the woolly caterpillar. Each year, as summer winds down, people ...

We’ve all heard this before: “If you don’t ask, you won’t know.” I live by it, so I love when people send in questions. A few weeks ago, Audrey Barlow from Warren Grove, P.E.I., wrote in and was curious about ...

Where does time go? It’s already October and in just a few days many of us will be enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving meal with family and friends. I realize that not everyone chooses to feast on turkey on Thanksgiving, but we certainly did - ...

In less than a week, it will officially be astronomical autumn and we all know what follows. I guess that’s why so many people have been asking me if we’re going to get a lot of snow this winter. I will deal with that question later ...