Wasn’t really expecting 6” of snow in late April when planning the annual weather station maintenance for Northern Hail Project 🇨🇦…

Seeing all debate surrounding EF ratings, I appreciate the team Storm Chase Canada NFP for having a speaker on tornado damage surveys at their Mar conference.
Dr Connell Miller, researcher for Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦, went over the complexities of doing the survey & the science that goes behind a…

Mapping some challenging wildfire-stricken territory in BC with Jack Hamilton for Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦. It’ll be interesting to see the kind of data we’re able to get about potential tornadoes in the area!

To learn more about this rare event, Jack Hamilton and I are in British Columbia with our drones to document this event with high-resolution imagery for Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦!

Collaborating with other engineers, builders and municipalities to explore cost-efficient, low-barrier tools and change building codes Greg Kopp is working to make Canadian homes stronger and safer for future generations. #WesternU #TheImpactProject  brnw.ch/21wIL8V

Thanks to Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦's Connell Miller and Lesley Elliott for providing me with detailed insight on Canada's first tornado of the year, tying for Ontario's earliest documented twister (March 16). Jeff Renaud #ONstorm #ONwx theweathernetwork.com/en/news/previe…

Turns out the first Canadian tornado of 2024 occurred on March 16th at Malden Centre in SW ON. After an NTP ground / drone investigation, the tornado has been rated EF1 given it ripped the roof off a mobile home.

Full details at the NTP blog: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/2024/… #ONStorm

Well the wind here in east London managed to at least knock a few of the snow guards off my metal roof. #onwx #onstorm

Ready for the eclipse!

#ONStorm #ONwx 🌑 ECLIPSE VIEWING OUTLOOK UPDATE: Clouds May Move Out Just in Time for the Solar Eclipse on Monday in Parts of Southern Ontario at the Expense of Eastern Ontario

📅 Monday, April 8, 2024

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Afternoon session for the Western Engineering 1st year design showcase for Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 projects. Some really interesting concepts on display!

The Western Engineering 1st year design showcase is today! Love to see the tornado education projects “sponsored” by Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦!

The Canadian EF scale was implemented on 1 Apr 2013. Today, on 1 Apr 2024, NTP has introduced a revision with some minor modifications & improvements to enable the consistent use of several DIs - and high-quality in-situ wind data. Details at the NTP blog: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/2024/…

Had some time last weekend to do an overhaul of my acoustic pedalboard! Got rid of some pedals, added some new ones, and redid all the wiring. Really happy with how it turned out!

And that is a wrap! A very productive and fruitful week at @ibh_org. We finished off with a bang, firing tennisball-sized hail at our instrumentation to test their upper limits. Many thanks to everyone at IBHS Hail Study who went out of their way to accommodate us this week!

Blink and you'll miss it! Last day at IBHS Hail Study Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety lab, with slow-motion video of simulated wind-driven hail using angled strikes on our hailpads. Terminal velocity plus equivalent sideways component results in total velocity of over 115 km/h for 3.2 cm stones (1/2)

Foam In The Field: Northern Hail Project 🇨🇦 Researcher Connell Miller shares details of using these foam boards during their #hail field research. Listen in! Western University IBHS Hail Study

In 2023, Canada exceeded $3 billion in insured damage from natural catastrophes and severe weather events for the second consecutive year while the U.S. experienced record losses of more than $50 billion from severe convective storms. Northern Hail Project 🇨🇦 Western University

The NHP are with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in Richburg S. Carolina this week undertaking important tests for our hail monitoring equipment. The high-speed video shows a 5.1 cm (2') ice spehere being fired at a specialized hail sensor at 118 kph (over 73 mph) for calibration purposes. #hail

Testing out the Northern Hail Project 🇨🇦 disdrometers (hail sensors) with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety / IBHS Hail Study hail cannon!