
Matt MacDonald
@meteo_matt
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Lead Forecaster w/ the BC Wildfire Service. Interests include mountain meteorology, uncertainty & risk comm. Views are my own. #BCstorm #BCwildfire
Nelson, British Columbia
Joined April 2012
RT @BCGovFireInfo: We anticipate a challenging three-day period for the Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Fort Nelson fire zones, beginning J….
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23cm overnight in Bonnington 12im west of #NelsonBC and still steadily snowing #BCstorm #BCwx #LetItSnow
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RT @ECCCWeatherBC: A #BombCyclone will impact the BC coast Tue & Wed. The system will remain offshore but winds gusting to 90 km/h are expe….
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Forecast models are in fair agreement regarding explosive cyclogenesis of a storm off the WA coast Tues PM. While the central pressure near 940mb is very impressive, the coinciding strong high ~1040mb over NWT results in a pressure gradient of 100mb!!. #BCwx
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RT @BCGovFireInfo: Elevated winds are expected over much of the Prince George Fire Centre (PGFC) today (Friday, Sept. 27, 2024) before eas….
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RT @BCGovFireInfo: We are currently deploying crews and structure protection resources to the #GrandForksBC area in advance of the Goosmus….
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RT @BCGovFireInfo: Fire behaviour has increased on fires within the Ootsa Lake Complex. The Sabina Lake wildfire (R11204), located S of Oo….
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RT @ECCCWeatherBC: August brought a mixed bag of precipitation across the province. Notably, Cranbrook went from zero rain in July to more….
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RT @mikeflannigan: Paraphrasing Dr. Sarah Henderson - there is good fire and there is bad fire but there is no such thing as good smoke. Lo….
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RT @BCGovFireInfo: A small upper low is moving through parts of the Southeast Fire Centre increasing lightning-caused wildfire activity. As….
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Following 14 days with max temps >30C, #NelsonBC is getting peppered with lightning. Not surprisingly, 7 new #BCwildfire in the past hour. Happy to water bombers already working their magic.
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RT @mikeflannigan: The new reality of wildfire in BC. Now that area burned has passed 600,000 ha the area burned in 2017-2024 has burned mo….
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RT @ECCCWeatherBC: In addition to heat, be alert for thunderstorms across the interior today (July 10)! Lightning, coupled with persistentl….
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RT @BCGovFireInfo: A cold front is forecast to sweep across northern B.C. tomorrow, generating strong winds, thunderstorms and dry lightnin….
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