May 19
FOCN45 CWWG 191900
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:00 PM CDT MONDAY MAY 19 2008.
WRN PRAIRIES..GENERALLY QUIET TODAY OVER ALBERTA AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN. ONLY SLIGHT RISK OF AN HIGH BASED ISOLATED TSTMS IN THE YQU, YPE, AND YLL REGION. MODEL UNDERDOING DEWPOINTS IN THE YQU AND YPE REGIONS PLUS WEAK UPPER WAVE FROM MAIN LOW IS MOVING INTO THESE REGIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TUESDAY WILL BE ANOTHER STORY AS UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST OF BC STARTS MOVING IN TUESDAY MORNING. FOR NOW MODEL SHOWS MAIN BAND OR PRECIP ALONG TROWAL TO THE NORTH OF EDMONTON. HOWEVER EDMONTON WILL BE IN THE DRY SLOT WITH A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING. A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY FORM ALONG THE CONVERGNCE ZONE IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE LOW.
ALONG THE FOOTHILLS, FALLING HIEGHTS WILL START TRIGGERING CONVECTION. THE LOCATION OF SIG WX MAY CHANGE FOR TUESDAY WHEN THE UPPER LOW FINALLY COMES ACROSS.
!@#!@$!%@%@ YEAH!!! Severe thunderstorms for Edmonton?!?!!? Am I dreaming or is this real?!?!! Whooooohooo. That just made my day! Funnel clouds and everything, this is going to be awesome!
May 19th, 2008 at 2:41 pmhttp://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/eta18hr_sfc_dewp.gif
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/eta24hr_sfc_dewp.gif
could be interesting tomorrow.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:43 pmDid anyone see any storms? We had absolutely nothing here in Calgary. Lots of rain today. I love free carwashes!
May 21st, 2008 at 6:53 amNope nothing nada
May 21st, 2008 at 10:54 amAhhh thats a nice rain ,about 10mm so far.
Smells so nice out there.
Well no storms yet..As much as we need this rain, it’s too boring and doesn’t allow me to do anything. If only temperatures could hit around 18 degrees there would be thunderstorms popping up around here.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pmLooks like Southern Manitoba will have its chance this weekend! The timing is still unclear, but the dynamics are very favorable for severe storms…the best I have seen anywhere on the Prairies this year!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm