Current Conditions

This space is intended to provide a quick set of links to open sources of reasonably reliable and credible information that can provide information immediately before, during, and after an event. This site, however, does not provide live alerts. Ensure that you have bookmarked local alert broadcasters.

These links are intended to help you build situational awareness of things around you.
Weather Conditions – Immediate to Short Term
General Forecasts
Environment Canada Watches and Warnings
Environment Canada Marine Warnings and Watches
Maritime / Ocean
Canadian Hurricane Center Hurricane Track
NOAA Ocean Prediction Center – Atlantic
NOAA National Hurricane Center
Tropical Tidbits Analysis tools page (predominantly hurricane and tropical storms)
Hurricane Spaghetti Models
Tide forecasts for Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada
Wave height forecast from Environment Canada
Canada Surf Map – Wind and Wave Energy
Atmosphere
Wind map and forecast for Atlantic Canada (windy.com)
Wundermap including personal weather stations and layers
Real Time Lightning Maps
Fire Risk / Conditions
Natural Resources Fire Risk
Space
Space Weather (Geomagnetic Storms) from NOAA
General Situational Awareness Portals and Reports
Wildfire
Fire Information for Resource Management System, Active Weather Fire Forecast

Canadian Inter agency Forest Fire Portal
Provincial fire resources and mapping: BC, AB, AB(map), YK, YK(map), NWT, SK,, SK(map), MB, NU, ON, ON(map), PQ, NL, NB, PEI, NS
Flood
Government of Canada (Nat Resources) Active Flood portal
Active Floods in Canada (Open Maps – interactive)
Flood and River Ice Break Up from Natural Resources / Public Safety
Real Time Hydrometric Data Map
Hurricane
National Hurricane Center (NOAA), Environment Canada Hurricane Center
Infrastructure Condition
Power outages across Canada
Regional Power Outage maps – BC, AB, (ABFortis), SK, MB, ON (ON HydroOne), (Toronto Hydro), PQ, NB, PEI, NL, NS, YK (Yukon Energy), NWT, NU
Road conditions (511): BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, PQ, NB, PEI, NL, NS, YK, NWT, NU
Down detector (various services including banking and telecommunications)
Halifax Stanfield International Airport Flights Page (can select arrivals and departures)
Nova Scotia snow plow tracker
Enhanced Response Estimator
General Mapping
Nova Scotia Arc GIS
Nova Scotia Civic Address Location
Nova Scotia Trails
Snowmobile Association of Canada Trail Map
Toporama map of Canada
First Aid / Medical (Remember, if emergency call 911)
2020 Transport Canada Emergency Guidebook for Hazardous Materials
Alert Ready Canada landing page
St John Ambulance First Aid Reference Guide
Nova Scotia Hospital Wait Times (times are based on lower end of triage scale…if an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room as per the guidance on their website).
Atlantic Poison Control
Integration with Emergency Management Offices or Teams
ICS Canada Forms (worth getting in touch with them directly too)
Guidance with respect to Trunked and Mobile Radio
Transportation Network
Flight Aware – near real time worldwide aircraft tracking. Flight Radar flight tracking.
Vesselfinder – near real time tracking for ships based on AIS. MyShipTracking open AIS.
GeOps Live Train Tracker-can drill down to regional levels and track trains to see future stops.
Google Traffic – North American start point but can zoom into local streets for near real time traffic issues.
Waze – live traffic but crowd-sourced information (relies on willingness to report). Also can provide routing.
Links are all public sources and do not require logins or paywall permissions. The information on these sites is sourced directly from those sites.

Webcams

Nova Scotia Highway webcamsNova Scotia Webcams
New Brunswick Highway webcamsNew Brunswick Webcams
PEI Highway WebcamsPEI Webcams (mainly highway)
Newfoundland Highway WebcamsNewfoundland Route Cameras
Quebec Traffic CamerasQuebec General Webcams
Ontario Traffic CamerasGeneral Ontario Outdoor Cams
Manitoba Highway Cams
Saskatchewan Highway CamsSaskatchewan Highway Hotline
Alberta Highway CamsAlberta Highway Cams Map
British Columbia Highway WebcamsDrive BC Webcams
Yukon Highway Cams
General Northwest Territories Cams
General webcams in Nunavut
Note that some of these sites come up with a “Not Secure.” While we will try to locate sites that are secured, we would recommend caution with respect to those sites and, if in periods of increased cyber risk, searching for alternatives.