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!

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#NDwx #Enderlin #EF5 #Tornado

“Scientists-turned-storm chasers” are tracking down Alberta hail storms to better understand how to protect against them.
Researchers from the Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory ( @cssl.ca ) at #WesternU spoke with the @theglobeandmail.com about the Northern Hail Project.

**Seeking Hail Reports: Calgary was affected by a potentially damaging hailstorm this evening (July 13) between 7:45 & 8:15 PM MT, tracking SE from the NW corner of the city to S of Chestermere. Please send us your hail and hail damage reports, and if you can, save some samples! #abstorm #Calgary

**Survey Announcement: Yesterday (July 9), NHP Field Ops intercepted a damaging thunderstorm near the communities of Acme & Carbon, AB. A damage survey of the combined impacts of wind & hail in the area will be conducted later today. Let us know if you have any information on this storm! #abstorm

These platforms, Super Mobile Hail Observatories (SuMHOs), will be deployed by members of the NHP field team across the US plains during the #ICECHIP field campaign. ICECHIP endeavours to improve radar-based #hail detection, hail models and forecasting, and hail warnings. @nsficechip.bsky.social

The NHP has been busy preparing for field operations, both at home and abroad! For the #ICECHIP field campaign, the NHP and Western's UMS designed and built 4 platforms which collect and preserve hailstones, capture high-speed video of falling #hail, and measure hail fall speed with a small radar.

Dive into real-world research and fieldwork with the CSSL Summer Internship Program!

Learn more and apply here: uwo.ca/cssl/internships/index.html

Don't miss your chance to gain hands-on experience with leading hail and tornado experts in the field.

Applications close on January 27th.

The Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory has launched 🚀. Backed by 60 years of expertise in #wind engineering—and a $20M gift from ImpactWX—it will revolutionize how we understand Canada’s most extreme #weather. At our new website, cssl.ca, you can watch a recording of the first CSSL Symposium.