Alberta Foothills Weather

Been very busy with non weather related stuff since the last post, so it was nice of Ma nature to hold off on the nasty weather over the past week while that was going on.
Yesterday we were parked out south of Caroline early in the afternoon watching storms wind up in the foothills and slowly [...]

Headed west again today to meet some nice cells firing up in the foothills. I was parked just east of hwy#22 south of Caroline watching a nice storm get going when Brandon pulled up, so we sat and watched it churn over the same spot for an hour before merging with another cell developing to [...]

Relatively peaceful around the immediate area for the last two days. Even though yesterday was a chilly one by July standards, not even approaching 20C, things were still active in the foothills and it was enough to get me out for a spin to watch what turned out to be nothing but pretty clouds. Heard [...]

Our turn for hail today…
We were out west early this afternoon waiting for the goodies to roll out of the foothills, milling about the Caroline area for a while, then up to Rocky Mountain House by 4 to meet a big dark storm just crossing hwy#22. It tried to get organized all the way along [...]

Despite being under a tornado watch for the afternoon, and a a brief flareup of pretty clouds, today was quiet and cool around here, all the action was way down southeast.
Yesterday was not quiet.
I spent the afternoon trolling the foothills, waiting for something to fire up. Out to James River bridge,nothing. Out to Corkscrew mountain, [...]

After a nice day yesterday and most of today, thunderstorms returned this evening. A cell formed up near Edson and started to move southeast, picking up steam as it crossed hwy#22 south of Drayton Valley. I took off towards Sylvan Lake and Brandon headed for Lacombe to see what was up.
It had a nice anvil [...]

A very active day around these parts and it started early. Very early.
The thunderstorms of last night settled down early this morning and the skies cleared off just enough to the north for a beautiful display of noctilucent clouds to shine through. Soon after they were drowned out by the rising sun, convection began again, [...]

Suspecting something might boil up and slide out of the foothills this afternoon, we headed for Olds around 1 to see what was happening down that way. Nothing but some pretty cumulus around as we wandered along over Eagle Hill and back towards home thru Kevisville. We could see a few high based cells trying [...]

A fantastic Alberta foothills supercell show today for the folks west of Red Deer.
Around 2pm, towers began to rise over the foothills, and by 4:30 we were sitting between Caroline and Rocky Mountain house watching a beautiful storm move out to the east. It took a few wiggles to the north and south as it [...]

We spent most of the afternoon trolling the foothills west of Caroline for anything that might decide to pick up and move out to the east, but nothing did, with hwy#22 being the cutoff line again. Some nice towers but mile high bases and lots of smoke around, making for less than perfect viewing.
Shortly after [...]