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The Wild Wacky Weather
September 15
10:00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
$80.00
Is the weather "wilder" or “wackier” when compared
to the recent past? Has the weather really changed, or is it our collective
memory playing tricks with us? If the weather is changing, where is it
going and what can we expect?
This course examines these questions and explores some of the basics of
weather systems – highs, lows, fronts, precipitation, the fundamental
role of the sun and our fragile atmosphere. We will consider some of the
special effects of Lake Superior and other local features have on our weather
and its predictions. We will be "out in the weather" to see and
use some metereological instruments - and we’ll be watching the skies
on a regular basis. It is mid-September and rumours of frost are in the
air – prompting talk about how to predict frost and then protect
threatened vegetables. After this course, talking about the weather will
never be the same again.
co-ordinator: Graham Saunders
Graham is one of Thunder Bay’s better known weather men. His weather
and climate background includes work for the Australian Weather Bureau
and the Atmospheric Environment Service (Environment Canada). During the
forest fire season the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources calls on
him to forecast weather at large and complex forest fires, which often
brings him uncomfortably up close and personal with these blazing forces.
He teaches meteorology and other courses at Lakehead University and often
makes presentations to gardeners, boaters, astronomers and other groups.
He writes for several publications including regular columns in the Thunder
Bay Chronicle-Journal and Weatherwise (published in Washington, D.C).
Research includes climate change and its consequences for the boreal forest
and changes in the frequency of severe weather. When Graham is not watching
the skies or checking metereological equipment, you can find him hiking
his trails with his partner Kerstin.
