Long weekend will see summer storms
Digital Reporter
Sunday, August 31, 2014, 3:13 PM -
Like most summer afternoons, the Prairie provinces are seeing the usual assortment of thunderstorm risk.
Southeastern Saskatchewan saw plenty of rain on Saturday, but real thunderstorms took aim at the Calgary, Olds and Sundre areas of Alberta.
They sparked severe thunderstorm warnings in those areas, and reports of hail and heavy rain accompanied these storms as they progressed through the night toward Saskatchewan.
For Sunday, the storm risk is focussed on northern Alberta and through much of Saskatchewan, Those storms are not expected to be severe, but there is a small chance of isolated severe storms near the international border. There's also a chance of storms in the Alberta foothills and parts of Manitoba.
Manitoba, meanwhile, is where the best chance of severe storms is likely to be on Labour Day, thanks to an upper level disturbance over the next 48 hours that will bring favourable atmospheric dynamics for rainfalll.
The rain began early Sunday, but convection will shift slightly east on Monday. Any severe storms that do pop up, will be mostly centred along the Interlake region.
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