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
Environment Canada Watches and Warnings
Environment Canada Marine Warnings and Watches
Tide forecasts for Nova Scotia
Wave height forecast from Environment Canada
NOAA Ocean Prediction Center – Atlantic
Canada Surf Map – Wind and Wave Energy
Wind map and forecast for Atlantic Canada (windy.com)
Wundermap including personal weather stations and layers
Real Time Lightning Maps
Natural Resources Fire Risk
Disaster or Event Related Information
Fire Information for Resource Management System, Active Weather Fire Forecast
Government of Canada (Nat Resources) Active Flood portal
National Hurricane Center (NOAA), Environment Canada Hurricane Center
Flood and River Ice Break Up from Natural Resources / Public Safety
Active Floods in Canada (Open Maps – interactive)
Infrastructure Condition
Nova Scotia Power Outage Map
511 Nova Scotia web portal
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
ATV Trail Map
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
Canadian Red Cross Comprehensive Guide for First Aid
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.