Wx Centre

A late-season heatwave is developing across the western United States, with temperatures expected to climb well above normal through the weekend and into next week. A strong ridge of high pressure is building over the region as a wet weather pattern continues farther south. The setup is expected to push temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above seasonal averages in parts of the West. Coastal areas and nearby urban centres are expected to see temperatures well into the 90s Fahrenhei

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Col. Joshua Kutryk has begun his first space mission, launching Thursday aboard SpaceX's Crew-13 mission for an approximately six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Kutryk and his crewmates, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, lifted off from Florida at 11:10 a.m. ET aboard a Dragon spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket. During his time aboard the International Space

On October 4, Saturn will be in opposition and will appear as its brightest of the year. On the 6, Jupiter will be eclipsed by the Moon and will reappear an hour later. This month, Venus will disappear below the horizon. On the 23rd and 24th, Saturn will be next to the Moon. Moon Phases: Last Quarter: October 3 New Moon: October 10 First Quarter: October 18 Full Moon: October 26

Tropical Storm Hanna is maintaining its strength over the central Atlantic as it continues moving east-southeast, with no coastal watches or warnings in effect. At 5 a.m. AST Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center located Hanna about 1,745 km east-northeast of Bermuda and 1,740 km west of the Azores. Hanna has maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 km from the centre. The storm is moving east-southeast at 24

Hurricane Polo is strengthening as it approaches Baja California Sur, with hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall, flash flooding and dangerous coastal conditions expected across parts of northwestern Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 2 a.m. MDT advisory Monday that Polo has maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h, making it a Category 3 hurricane. The storm is located about 200 km southwest of Cabo San Lazaro and is moving north-northeast at 10 mph 17 km/h. P

Magnetic activity is expected to remain unsettled across much of northern Canada over the next 24 hours, according to Natural Resources Canada. The agency's latest magnetic activity forecast shows that unsettled to active intervals are expected in the auroral zone through the next 24 hours. The auroral zone experienced unsettled conditions during the six hours before the forecast was issued. Natural Resources Canada expects those conditions to continue during the next six hou