Wx Centre

Tropical Depression Nine has formed over the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by Thursday. The National Hurricane Center says the depression was located about 615 kilometres west of Progreso, Mexico, and about 1,015 kilometres southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River as of 4 p.m. CDT Tuesday. The system is moving east at about 7 km/h, with an east to east-northeast track expected over the next couple of days. A turn toward the northeast is

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake occurred 228 km west of Port Hardy, British Columbia, on Monday at 5:30 p.m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. There was no tsunami threat and no damage was reported. The west coast of British Columbia is located in an active seismic zone and experiences earthquakes of varying magnitudes throughout the year.

A broad area of low pressure over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is becoming more organized, with a tropical depression potentially developing by the middle of the week. The system, designated AL92, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are becoming increasingly favourable for gradual development. The system is expected to drift eastward over the next couple of days before turning north. It is too early to determine what impacts, if an

An area of low pressure will move across northern Manitoba on Monday morning and will deliver a wintry mix of weather. Snow is expected early in the morning; the snow will change to rain early in the morning, and there is a slight possibility of freezing rain during the transition. Precipitation, in the form of rain, will continue through Tuesday evening, with 10 to 15 mm possible.

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