UM Todayatmospheric science – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CBC Daybreak Alberta: Atmospheric science professor from UM and member of the Northern Hail Project, John Hanesiak, and severe weather https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/atmospheric-science-professor-from-um-and-member-of-the-northern-hail-project-john-hanesiak-on-cbc-daybreak-alberta/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/atmospheric-science-professor-from-um-and-member-of-the-northern-hail-project-john-hanesiak-on-cbc-daybreak-alberta/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:45:10 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=201609 As residents in western Alberta clean up after a recent hail storm, CBC Radio talks to atmospheric science professor from UM and member of the Northern Hail Project, John Hanesiak, about the fickle nature of this weather phenomenon and why it's getting more severe.]]> As residents in western Alberta clean up after a recent hail storm, CBC Radio talks to atmospheric science professor from UM and member of the Northern Hail Project, John Hanesiak, about the fickle nature of this weather phenomenon and why it’s getting more severe.

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]]> https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/atmospheric-science-professor-from-um-and-member-of-the-northern-hail-project-john-hanesiak-on-cbc-daybreak-alberta/feed/ 0 CTV Winnipeg: What a science professor thinks about the movie ‘Twisters’ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-what-a-science-professor-thinks-about-the-movie-twisters/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-what-a-science-professor-thinks-about-the-movie-twisters/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:43:38 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=200729 What a science professor thinks about the movie ‘Twisters’]]> Another sequel from the 90’s is hitting the big screen this weekend. Twisters is the standalone sequel to 1996’s Twister and it has hit a movie theater new you, and it is better than ever. Storm chasers, weather enthusiasts and natural phenomenon lovers are lining up to see this 2024 updated version but the question remains… do the storms in this new version look real to the people who really chase storms?

Katherine Dow chats with atmospheric science professor John Hanesiak about the new film ‘Twisters’ and its depiction of tornadoes.

To the full interview, please visit CTV Winnipeg. 

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