‘Technical issues’ causing delays to Peace River weather radar
The Spirit River (CASSR) weather radar is experiencing technical issues, leading to intermittent data availability in the Peace River region.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Technical issues are causing intermittent data availability in the Peace River region’s weather radar.
Eleni Armenakis, a spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change Canada, said: “The Spirit River (CASSR) weather radar has been experiencing intermittent data availability since June 1st due to technical issues with the radar.”
“Despite this issue, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is still able to operate the radar for short periods of time in the event of any severe weather events, in support of ECCC meteorologists.”
Armenakis said ECCC technicians have been working on the issue and are currently on site at CASSR to carry out repairs.
“When there is a radar outage, ECCC meteorologists continue monitoring the weather by utilizing data from neighbouring radars, as well as additional sources of information, for example, high-resolution satellite data, weather models and surface weather stations, to provide high-quality weather services to people in Canada,” she explained.
Information and updates on the progress are posted here.
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