30th July 2010 - Friday

High: 28.0
Low: 9.5
Rain:(38)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright start with hardly any cloud. It was around + 24 by late morning. It did cloud over a bit in the afternoon but it was still very hot.

There was a warning issued on the radio this afternoon that a tournado had touched down in Sundre and was moving South East.

CALGARY HERALD ARTICLE
Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado touched down 25 kilometres west-northwest of Sundre. The storm has now been downgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning.

According to early reports, no one was hurt and no property damaged after the tornado made contact with the ground in a field near James River Bridge.

The thunderstom warning and watches are in place for most of Southern Alberta.

29th July 2010 - Thursday

High: 26.0
Low: 12.0
Rain:(38)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright start with a bit of light cloud. It was around +17 at 8.30am and rose to around +22. We had another thunder storm watch in place this evening, but we didn't see anything of it.

28th July 2010 - Wednesday

High: 28.5
Low: 10.5
Rain:(38)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and warm start with a bit of light cloud. Temperatures rose to +27 and it was very hot. We started to get rumblings of thunder at around 7pm when it clouded over.

The following weather watch is in place:
Severe thunderstorm watch for: Okotoks, High River & Claresholm

Severe thunderstorms are expected this evening.

This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds.

Monitor weather conditions...Listen for updated statements. If threatening weather approaches take immediate safety precautions.

A warm and humid airmass over the province today is producing intense thunderstorms this evening. These storms have developed along the foothills and will slowly move eastward. The main concerns with these storms are marble to quarter sized hail, heavy downpours, and strong gusty winds.

27th July 2010 - Tuesday

High: 24.0
Low: 12.0
Rain:(38)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright start with a fair bit of light cloud. It was +17 at 8.30am and rose to +23. The cloud cleared and it was sunny and hot. It was quite breezy so it felt very pleasant.

26th July 2010 - Monday

High: 25.5
Low: 12.5
Rain:(38)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start with a few fluffy white clouds. It was hot and sunny for most of the day until early evening when it began to cloud over. It started to rain at around 8pm and it started to thunder and feel as though it might be quite stormy.

The following watch is in place for Okotoks:

Severe thunderstorm watch for Okotoks, High River & Claresholm

Persons in or near this area should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions. Watch for updated statements.

Please refer to the latest public forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through your local radio and television stations or Weatheradio.

25th July 2010 - Sunday

High: 29.0
Low: 10.0
Rain:(37)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright, sunny and cloudless start to the day with a clear blue sky. It was another hot day and +23 by mid-day.

24th July 2010 - Saturday

High: 29.0
Low: 8.0
Rain:(37)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright, sunny and cloudless start to the day with a clear blue sky. It was very hot and +20 by mid-day. Temperatures continued to rise throughout the afternoon and it was +27 by 5pm. It was a lovely summer day.

23rd July 2010 - Friday

High: 23.5
Low: 12.0
Rain:(37)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright start to the day and very hot all day.

22nd July 2010 - Thursday

High: 25.0
Low: 7.0
Rain:(37)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly bright start to the day with some cloud. It was very warm, but we did get a brief storm at around 1pm when the wind picked up and it started to rain lightly. It didn't hang around though and was over within the hour.

21st July 2010 - Wednesday

High: 24.0
Low: 7.0
Rain:(37)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly bright start to the day with some cloud. It was +9 at 8.30am and warmed up to around +22. It was quite a hot day on the whole.

20th July 2010 - Tuesday

High: 23.0
Low: 8.5
Rain:(37)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly bright start to the day with some cloud. It was +13 at 8.30am and warmed up to around +22. It clouded over a bit during the afternoon, but was still quite bright.

It got very dark at around 8.30pm and it became very stormy, the wind picked up and there was thunder and lightning.

19th July 2010 - Monday

High: 17.0
Low: 10.5
Rain:(36)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly bright start to the day with some cloud. It was +13 at 8.30am and warmed up to around +22. It clouded over at around 4pm and the sky went quite dark. We had a brief but quite heavy, rain shower.

18th July 2010 - Sunday

High: 24.0
Low: 10.0
Rain:(35)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright, sunny and cloudles start to the day and quite warm at +22.

It did cloud over in the afternoon, but remained warm. We had some wind and rain overnight.

17th July 2010 - Saturday

High: 24.0
Low: 7.0
Rain:(34)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright, sunny & warm start to the day. Temperatures reached around +22and it was hot, sunny with a blue and cloudless sky for most of the day.