Better serving weather-sensitive industriesĮconomic sectors sensitive to weather events, such as agriculture, natural resources, fisheries, construction, aviation, tourism, transportation, retail, and investors will benefit from higher data quality and consistency for severe-weather events as weather information is an important part of their strategic planning.
Equipped with this information, Canadians will have more lead time to take appropriate actions to protect themselves, their family, and their property from the effects of severe weather. Replacing the aging network with new, modern weather radars will ensure that Canadians are better informed on changing weather, water, and climate conditions. By providing information updates every 10 minutes, radars are a key element to forecasting short-term severe weather such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and snow squalls.Ĭanada’s current weather-radar network has 31 radars, including 2 radars operated in partnership with the Department of National Defence and 1 radar owned by McGill University. Radars are an essential tool for short-term forecastsĮnvironment and Climate Change Canada uses many tools to forecast Canada’s weather.
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