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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing work by Ontario's own Dr. Connell Miller of NTP!

Connell Miller @connellmiller.ca · 2d

Excited to announce that my method for estimating wind speeds based on lofted debris in tornadoes was used as contextual evidence for upgrading the Enderlin, ND tornado to an EF5!

doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...

#NDwx #Enderlin #EF5 #Tornado

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 2d

The CSSL/NTP assisted the US National Weather Service (NWS) with their upgrading of the official rating of the June 2025 Enderlin, ND tornado from EF3 to EF5.

Announced by the NWS today, it’s the first EF5-rated tornado in the US since 2013.

Details here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202...

Image B. Emfinger

Drone photo courtesy Brian Emfinger and used with permission.

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 2d

Reset the counter!

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Devin Pitts @devinwxchase.bsky.social · 2d

The EF-5 Drought is finally over. mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 4d

Get in the fraidy hole

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Dave Sills 🌪️🎶⚓ @davesills.ca · 4d

I've created a Bluesky Starter Pack called 'Canadian Severe Storms Community'. Makes it easy to find and follow severe storm forecasters, researchers, chasers and enthusiasts in Canada!

go.bsky.app/9eQf9Zd

Please let me know if you'd like to be added or if you think someone else needs to be added.

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 5d

The first forested area to be searched with NTP's new AI tool - Northern Ontario east of Lake Superior - turned up five tornadoes, including one rated EF2. These were all manually verified and documented.

Details here:

uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202...

#ONstorm

Lots more to come...

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 6d

The NTP has confirmed three new tornadoes and upgraded a downburst damage rating in Northern Ontario.

Details here:

uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202...

#ONstorm

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Dave!

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 8d

The NTP has confirmed four EF2 tornadoes in western Quebec during the late afternoon and evening hours of September 5. In each case there was considerable tree damage.

Full details can be found here:

uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202...

#meteoQC

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 12d

Well if you get your medical advice from tRump then you probably had it coming.

See: hydroxychloroquine

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 17d

Slow news day?

Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 22d

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Canadian Severe Storms Lab @cssl.ca · 22d

Two new open access journal papers today from CSSL researchers!

Stochastic Modeling of Radar-derived Maximum Estimated Size of Hail for Scenario-based Hail Loss Estimation
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

Multi-Level In-Situ Measurements During a Direct Hit by a Significant Tornado
doi.org/10.1080/0705...

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Dave Sills 🌪️🎶⚓ @davesills.ca · 22d

New paper alert!

"Multi-Level In-Situ Measurements During a Direct Hit by a Significant Tornado" in A-O.

Observations from a 2010 F2 tornado at a Harrow, ON-area wind farm show that peak winds do increase closer to the ground, supporting DOW radar measurements/analysis.

doi.org/10.1080/0705...

Multi-Level In-Situ Measurements During a Direct Hit by a Significant Tornado

A rare direct hit by a significant tornado on a weather station is documented, with a peak 1-s wind gust of 53.1 m/s (191.2 km/h) and a surface pressure deficit of 16.0 hPa recorded. Even more unco...

doi.org

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 24d

Naders 👀

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 28d

Big things are happening

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 29d

Not great, bob

Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 29d

Another letter of protest incoming?

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 29d

Better not be

Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · 29d

Wtf

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · Sep 7

Two weeks I reckon?

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today is allegedly one month out from the start of colour coded weather warnings in Canada.

From what little information there is, it appears they will follow a format of yellow, orange and red watches/warnings.

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · Sep 5

And we should tarrif the smoke!

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Mike 🇨🇦 @ontariowedges.bsky.social · Sep 5

Canada should put their fires out and rake their 1,428,577 square miles of forest so there aren't fires anymore

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