31st July 2009 - Friday

High: 25.5
Low: 9.0
Rain:(31)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cooler start to the day after the rain overnight. There was a bit of light cloud cover but it was mainly sunny and bright. There were quite a few light fluffy clouds throughout the morning, but it continued to get warmer.

30th July 2009 - Thursday

High: 27.5
Low: 7.5
Rain:(31)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a much cooler start to the day today and only +8 at around 7am. It felt cooler going out this morning, but again quite pleasant. The sky was blue with no cloud, but looked a little bit hazy and by noon it was very hot. However by around 5pm it started to rain and that cooled things off very quickly. It was just +16 on the drive home.

29th July 2009 - Wednesday

High: 23.0
Low: 11.0
Rain:(30)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

There was bit of light cloud cover this morning, but it was bright and sunny. It was around +14 at 8.30am and felt quite warm. It remained hot and sunny for most of the day, but did begin to cool down in the early evening, which actually felt quite pleasant.

28th July 2009 - Tuesday

High: 21.0
Low: 12.0
Rain:(30)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy and rainy start to the day and cooler than it has been. The rain did clear up for most of the day but we had another brief rain shower at around noon. It was +20 at around 5pm, so quite a warm day.

27th July 2009 - Monday

High: 28.5
Low: 12.0
Rain:(29)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start with clear blue sky, sunshine and hardly any cloud. It was already feeling very warm by 08.30am and by mid-day it was +25, although the cloud seemed to increase as the day went on.

26th July 2009 - Sunday

High: 25.0
Low: 16.0
Rain:(29)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start with a bit of light cloud cover. There was quite a breeze blowing, but it was still +20 by 10am. By around 11am the clouds had got much heavier, the wind continued to blow and it felt quite cool out of the sun. The breeze died down by later afternoon and the sun continued to shine. We had a brief but torrential rain shower at around 8pm then it was a beautiful and still evening.

25th July 2009 - Saturday

High: 32.0
Low: 12.0
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright, cloudless and sunny start to the day. It was +14 at 08.00am and reached over +33 on our porch in the sunshine. It was a very hot and sunny day.

24th July 2009 - Friday

High: 29.5
Low: 13.5
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright start to the day with a bit of cloud cover, but there was still quite a few blue patches in the sky. There was a large Chinook Arch over the mountains this morning, which is the most prominent one we have seen recently. It was +19 at 08.30am and warm. It reached about +28 which is where it stayed for most of the day.

23rd July 2009 - Thursday

High: 28.5
Low:15.5
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright but hazy start to the day with a bit of light cloud cover. It was already +20 by 08.30am. It was +28 at mid-day and reamained pretty constant for the rest of the afternoon. By around 7pm some dark cloud started to come in from the mountains but it didn't amount to anything. This was the outlook at at around 9pm.

22nd July 2009 - Wednesday

High: 32.5
Low: 10.5
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright start to the day with bright blue sky and no clouds. It was already +18 at 08.30am. By around 1pm it was +31, so another very hot and sunny day.

21st July 2009 - Tuesday

High: 27.0
Low: 9.0
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright start to the day with just a few whispy, white clouds. It was another very hot and sunny day.

20th July 2009 - Monday

High: 24.5
Low: 9.5
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright start to the day with a bit of light cloud cover. It was another very hot and sunny day.

19th July 2009 - Sunday

High: 25.5
Low: 10.5
Rain:(28)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright start to the day with a bit of light cloud cover. By noon it was already +20 and very hot and sunny. It was a very hot day, but it rained briefly at around 5pm with some hail mixed in. It only lasted about half an hour though and it turned into a lovely warm evening.

18th July 2009 - Saturday

High: 31.0
Low: 10.5
Rain:(27)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bit of a cloudy start, but quite warm. It was already +18 at 09.30am and by 3.30pm it was +31. It was a scorching hot day.

17th July 2009 - Friday

High: 29.0
Low: 11.0
Rain:(27)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a nice warm start to the day with clear blue sky and not much cloud. It was a very hot and sunny day. It was +30 in the sun at around 5pm.

16th July 2009 - Thursday

High: 29.0
Low: 9.5
Rain:(27)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a nice warm start to the day with clear blue sky and not much cloud. We noted the temperature at around +28. It was a hot and sunny day.

15th July 2009 - Wednesday

High: 24.5
Low: 6.5
Rain:(27)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a fairly cool start to the day at +7.5 at around 7am but it was bright and sunny with a bit of light cloud. There was a bit of mist as we drove to work, which looked like it could just be as a result of the ground warming up so quickly. The cloud had cleared completely by around 08.30am.

14th July 2009 - Tuesday

High: 15.0
Low: 11.0
Rain:(27)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (26)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy start to the day and +12 by 8.30am, it didn't get much warmer than that throughout the day, +15 was about the most we saw. It rained on and off for most of the day.

There is a High Streamflow Advisory in place for some of Southern Albertas rivers. People are advised to keep away from rivers that may be flowing much faster because of the heavy rainfall over the past few days: Alberta Environment

13th July 2009 - Monday

High: 18.5
Low: 11.0
Rain:(26)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright start to the day, with just a little bit of light cloud cover. It was warm and +15 at 8am.

By mid morning the clouds had started to get heavier and by noon the lightning had started and by 1pm it had started to rain heavily. The storm started a little earlier in Okotoks, at around 11.30am. It probably rained for about an hour heavily and then on and off during the afternoon.

We currently have a thunder storm and rainfall warning in place for Okotoks, High River & Claresholm.

Warm and humid conditions combined with an upper level disturbance are creating a favourable environment for thunderstorm development over southeast Alberta this afternoon. Some of these storms may become severe and produce large hail, heavy downpours and strong winds.

A slow moving band of rain and thunderstorms will persist along the southern foothills today. General amounts of 50 to 80 mm of rain can be expected by tonight however some areas may see greater amounts in thunderstorms.

12th July 2009 - Sunday

High: 25.5
Low: 9.0
Rain:(25)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day. It was +19 by around 11am and +24 by around 3pm. It was a very hot day. At around 5.30pm there were rumblings of thunder and we had a very small amount of rain.

11th July 2009 - Saturday

High: 23.0
Low: 8.0
Rain:(25)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day with just a few fluffy white clouds. It was hot all day and by around 4pm it had reached +25. There were a few clouds going into the evening but it still felt quite warm.

10th July 2009 - Friday

High: 23.5
Low: 9.0
Rain:(25)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy start to the day and +12 by around 8.30am. By lunchtime it had warmed up to +19 and was hot and sunny, it was nice and warm into the evening.

9th July 2009 - Thursday

High: 18.0
Low: 9.5
Rain:(25)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy and rainy start to the day and not that warm. By around 9.30am the sky had begun to clear. Once the cloud of the cleared, most of the day was bright, warm and sunny. It began to cloud over again at around 3pm although it didn't start to rain until about 9pm.

8th July 2009 - Wednesday

High: 21.0
Low: 4.5
Rain:(24)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start with lots of blue sky and virutally no cloud. It was +11 at 8.30am and lovely and warm. By around 1pm in High River it was hot and sunny, but in Okotoks at around 2.30pm there was rain, hail, thunder and lightning. It went quite cool at around 4.30pm and there was a weather watch in place for Okotoks and High River. By around 7pm it started to rain which continued for most of the night.
Tornado watch for:Okotoks - High River - Claresholm issued

Conditions are favourable for the development of funnel clouds or weak tornadoes. These types of funnel clouds form out of large cumulus clouds or very weak thunderstorms and normally do not have the energy to reach the ground. However one or two of these funnels may briefly touch down and can become destructive over a very small area. Treat all funnel clouds and tornadoes seriously and avoid when possible. Should one develop overhead take shelter until it dissipates. Remember these funnel clouds will normally appear with little or no warning.

Environment Canada continues to monitor the situation closely. Please continue to monitor your local media or weatheradio for further updates.

Should you spot a funnel cloud or tornado...And only if it is safe to do so...You can call 1-800-239-0484 to report your sighting. Please note this phone number is for reporting severe weather only.

An unstable airmass combined with Plenty of available moisture could create severe thunderstorms this afternoon over east central Alberta. Environment Canada meteorologists will watch these areas and issue severe thunderstorm warnings if necessary.

A funnel cloud was recently reported near Calgary. More funnel clouds are possible this afternoon along a line extending from Red Deer to south of Calgary. This line will move eastwards through the afternoon.

7th July 2009 - Tuesday

High: 23.0
Low: 6.5
Rain:(23)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start with lots of blue sky. It was +12 at 8.30am and warm. It was +22 by around 2pm and it was a hot and sunny day.

6th July 2009 - Monday

High: 18.0
Low: 12.5
Rain:(23)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy start to the day, but still warm and bright, it was +16 at around 8.30am.

By around 2pm it had started to rain and we had a lot of heavy rain and thunder and lightning for about 30mins and it was only about +17. The sky cleared for a bit, but started to cloud over and look quite threatening again at around 5pm. The sky began to rumble again at around 9pm and we had more rain and thunder and lightening.

5th July 2009 - Sunday

High: 24.5
Low: 11.5
Rain:(22)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy start to the day, but still warm. The cloud cleared by mid morning and the sun was shining. It was +20 at 11am. By around 4pm, the thunder could be heard in the distance and the wind had really picked up. By 5pm it had clouded over again and started to rain.

There was a severe storm warning as outlined below, but we didn't get anything too bad. Claresholm did get the golf ball sized hail though.

SEVERE STORM WARNING: At around 5.30pm there were a number of severe storm warnings for the Foothills including: Longview, Cayley, High River, Aldersyde, Black Diamond, Claresholm, Stavely & Okotoks

Environment Canada Meteorologists are tracking a severe thunder storm near Claresholm moving South East at 25km/h. This storm has a history of producing hail as large as golf balls. This is a warning that severe thunderstorms are imminent or occurring in these regions. Remember, some severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes. Listen for updated warnings.

4th July 2009 - Saturday

High: 25.0
Low: 11.0
Rain:(21)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a bright and sunny start and +15 at around 9am. It was quite a breezy day, but still warm in the sunshine. It started to cloud over at around 4pm and we saw a fair bit of lightning. By around 9am the thunder, lightening and very heavy rain really started. It was great to watch.

3rd July 2009 - Friday

High: 22.0
Low: 9.0
Rain:(20)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

It was a cloudy start to the day, but still quite bright. It was +13 at around 8.30am and +20 by 2pm. The cloud cleared considerably, although not completely and it was a bright and sunny day.

2nd July 2009 - Thursday

High: 23.5
Low: 8.0
Rain:(20)
Snow:(56)
Days we didn't see any sun: (25)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (20)

There was quite a bit of cloud this morning, but the sky was still quite bright. It was +13 at 08.30 and fairly warm. The cloud cleared by around lunchtime and there were just a few fluffy white clouds left. It was +20 by 2pm with lots of blue sky and sunshine.