If the time between the lightning and thunder grew smaller, the storm was coming towards us, and if the time separation between the two got bigger, the storm was moving away. We (mom, dad and three sisters) would count the seconds between the lightning, which would cascade across the lake, and the thunder. Watching thunderstorms - especially night ones that were impossible to sleep through - became a source of family time up north in particular. This probably drove my parents crazy.ĬM: I have been fishing since I was 3 years old and use to spend a couple of weeks each summer at one cottage or another with my family growing up. I distinctly remember gazing outside at street lights trying to spot precipitation changing to snow, and not being able to sleep while waiting for a rare snowstorm or the common windstorm off the Pacific Ocean.

TH: My passion for weather became evident when I was 8 or 9. This event brought up to 176 cm of snow, we had just built a home there and it looked like a home in 'Whoville' from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas when it was all done! JW: When I went through a snow squall event in 2007 in Muskoka, we were completely snowed in at our house in Bracebridge, ON. Jaclyn Whittal, Weather Personality, Meteorologistġ.When did the passion for weather awaken for you?.

Chris Murphy, Weather Personality, Meteorologist.For the people who work each day to bring Canadians their weather, it starts and stops with passion.Īnd if you ask each of the professionals who pore over layers of data to sift out the details and clues that ensure a correct and trustworthy forecast, the passion began at a young age, and for most, with a distinct weather event.

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