HOME PAGE Forecast Area Map & Information  · Southeast Labrador Coast  · Labrador Straits  · Quebec Lower North Shore Canadian Weather Webcams Stormpost Photo Collection Local Climate Weather Links About stormpost.com Contact Rodney Disclaimer: Although I am dedicated to providing quality weather information on this web site, I cannot guarantee its accuracy or timeliness. My weather predictions are based on my own interpretations of the meteorological data to which I have access, and should not be confused with official forecasts provided by the Meteorological Service of Canada. The user hereby assumes all risks associated with the use of information on stormpost.com. Copyright (c) 2024 Rodney Barney To learn more about southeastern Labrador, check out: - www.labradorcoastaldrive.com - www.southernlabrador.ca	About Stormpost.com... I developed a peculiar interest in the weather at an early age. While growing up in L'Anse au Loup, Labrador, I began recording my own observations of local cloud conditions, precipitation, and temperature in January 1987. I was ten years old at the time, and I kept this up until moving away to Halifax to attend university in the fall of 1994. This is where I was introduced to the Internet and the World Wide Web, and soon set up a basic web page using a free account provided by Dalhousie. The first web page I created amounted to a simple dialogue and list of links to other sites, a number of which were weather-related. I later expanded to create an online collection of my photos depicting scenery from the Labrador Straits area, which proved to be quite popular with visitors. However, I think it was my links to provide easy access to Environment Canada weather bulletins that kept bringing local residents back to my site, especially as internet access began to become widely-available along the Labrador Coast and Quebec Lower North Shore in the late-nineties. My first four years of university involved no actual courses in meteorology, although I did pick up the basics in physics and mathematics required to study the science. I ultimately ended up with a bachelor's degree in statistics in 1998. During this time I was unsure whether or not I would be pursuing a career in weather forecasting, as the job-outlook at the time was uncertain. However, this began to turn around in the late-nineties, and I enrolled in an introductory meteorology course in January 1999. It was at this time that I decided to attempt placing my personal weather forecasts for the Labrador Straits area online — a practical application of what I had been studying. The weather forecasts that I began posting online and updating each day became popular with local residents. Here I was able to use my knowledge of the local geography and its effects on the weather to provide more specialized information that can be included in official public weather bulletins — bulletins more designed for describing the weather over much larger areas in broader terms. In the fall of 1999 I enrolled in a combined advanced physics major and meteorology diploma program at Dalhousie University, and during the subsequent winter I began taping volunteer weather broadcasts by phone for CFBS Radio in Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon — something which I continued until finishing my studies. During the summers of 2000 and 2001, I secured work-terms with Environment Canada at the Newfoundland Weather Centre in Gander. While I wasn't actually working the forecast-desk during this time, I learned a great-deal about how a weather centre operates. I continued updating my personal online forecasts daily through this period, and before graduating in the spring of 2001, I decided to get my own internet domain-name, and registered stormpost.com as the place where I would post my personal forecasts for the Quebec Lower North Shore, Labrador Straits, and Southeast Labrador Coast. I've also been using it to host an online collection of my photos from the region. I began permanent employment with Environment Canada in the fall of 2001. I spent the first seven months at an in-house training program in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and was then posted to Gander to work as a meteorologist at the Newfoundland Weather Centre. I worked there for just over two years, but the office was closed on July 5, 2004 as the federal government consolidated weather forecast centres nationwide. I was then transferred back to Dartmouth to work at the Atlantic Storm Prediction Centre (ASPC), which became responsible for issuing all marine and public weather forecasts and warnings for the four Atlantic Provinces. However, due to political pressure to re-instate a weather office in Newfoundland and Labrador, the federal government announced in April 2006 that a weather office would be re-opened in Gander. I applied for a spot at the new office and in the fall of 2006 was offered a position as the science and training program supervisor for the Newfoundland and Labrador Weather Office. My wife and I relocated back to Gander in December, and the new office officially opened on January 9, 2007, beginning with the production of public forecasts for Newfoundland and Labrador. Marine forecasts were transferred back to Gander from Dartmouth in September of 2007. I generally update my personal forecasts on stormpost.com at least twice a day, when possible. 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