Climatology and Forecasting Hazaradous Weather in Canada's Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Meteorologists at Canada's Prairie Aviation and Arctic Weather Centre are charged with issuing public weather warnings and forecasts for Canada's Northwest Territories and Nunavut. This presentation will discuss the climatology of hazardous weather for selected sites in these territories, the synoptic systems that generate the hazardous weather, the thresholds that dictate a warning should be issued, and how (well) the forecasters are meeting the challenge. The focus will be on blizzards and strong wind events.