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.

16th July 2010 - Friday

High: 23.0
Low: 9.5
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. It was quite hot and temperatures reached around +22. It clouded over a bit in the afternoon and it looked as though it might become quite stormy, but nothing materialised.

We did get a thunder shower late in the evening at around 10.30pm.

There are severe thunderstorm watches watches in Calgary & Okotoks

Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and 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 cold front through Southern Alberta will combine with an upper level impulse crossing the Rocky Mountains to produce thunderstorms in Southern Alberta. The most intense thunderstorms are expected to be in the Medicine Hat, Coronation and Brooks region and could produce a tornado.

15th July 2010 - Thursday

High: 29.0
Low: 8.0
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. It was +22 by noon and continued to heat up during the afternoon. It was a virtually cloudless and a very hot and sunny day.

14th July 2010 - Wednesday

High: 23.0
Low: 9.5
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 another overcast and windy start to the day and it was +14 by 9am and felt fairly cool. By around 2pm it had warmed up to +21 and the skies had finally started to clear. Within an hour or so there was lots of blue sky and sunshine and temperatures rose to around +21.

13th July 2010 - Tuesday

High: 13.5
Low: 5.5
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 fairly overcast and windy start to the day and it was only +10 by 10am, so much cooler than it had been. It started to rain at around 2pm which continued well into the evening. It felt OK in the morning but the wind throughout the afternoon made it feel quite cold.

There are weather warnings all over the northern part of southern Alberta, but does not currently include Calgary and Okotoks.

Rainfall Warnings: Airdrie, Cochrane, Olds & Sundre

Upwards of 100 millimetres of rain for some areas by tonight.

A low pressure system near Lloydminster this morning continues to produce significant rainfall amounts over Central and Southern Alberta today. Stettler has reported over 70 millimetres of rain since Monday evening. A further 40 to 60 millimetres of rain is forecast for parts of Southern Alberta through tonight.

This system is also producing strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h in areas east of Red Deer. Gusts should be intermittent and are expected to diminish later today as the system weakens.

12th July 2010 - Monday

High: 25.0
Low: 10.5
Rain:(33)
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 overcast start to the day, but it was very warm and temperatures reached around +23. It started to get very windy at around 3pm and by around 5pm it had gone quite dark. It started to rain quite heavily and we had some thunder and lightning. With the wind and the rain, the temperature dropped dramatically to around +12 and it felt really quite cold. There were TV reports showing golf ball sized hail falling in Calgary, which did quite a lot of damage to cars and some buildings.

There is currently a severe thunderstorm warning in Calgary, but Okotoks has not been inncluded in the warnings.

MDT radar shows a strong thunderstorm just northwest of Strathmore moving eastward at 20 km/h. This storm can produce large hail and heavy downpours. Golf ball size hail has been reported with this storm. This storm will continue to produce large hail and heavy downpours.

This is a warning that severe thunderstorms are imminent or occurring in these regions. Remember that some severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes. Listen for updated warnings.

An unstable moist airmass combined with strong winds is capable of producing severe thunderstorms in Southern Alberta. These storms can give large hail and heavy downpours.

5th July - Monday to 11th July Sunday 2010

We have been away for a few days so were unable to report on the weather during this time. Although on the whole we have been told that it has been hot with a few thunder showers.

5th July 2010 - Monday
High: 18.5
Low: 5.0
Rain:(29)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

6th July 2010 - Tuesday
High: 22.0
Low: 7.5
Rain:(30)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

7th July 2010 - Wednesday
High: 27.0
Low: 9.5
Rain:(30)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

8th July 2010 - Thursday
High: 29.5
Low: 9.5
Rain:(30)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

9th July 2010 - Friday
High: 31.5
Low: 10.0
Rain:(30)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

10th July 2010 - Saturday
High: 25.5
Low: 14.0
Rain:(31)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

11th July 2010 - Sunday
High: 25.0
Low: 11.0
Rain:(32)
Snow:(30)
Days we didn't see any sun: (48)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

4th July 2010 - Sunday

High: 21.0
Low: 7.5
Rain:(28)
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 nice and warm start to and already +23 by 8am. It clouded over during the afternoon and Thunderstorms and Rain was predicted.

3rd July 2010 - Saturday

High: 23.0
Low: 5.0
Rain:(27)
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 cool start, with mainly blue sky and a bit of light white cloud. As the day went on temperatures rose from +15 in the morning to +19 by the afternoon. It was generally quie a nice day.

2nd July 2010 - Friday

High: 20.5
Low: 5.5
Rain:(27)
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 overcast and cool start to the day. It remained cloudy for most of the day and temperatures only rose to around +19. We passed a storm up in Calgary and it started to rain lightly in Okotoks during the early evening.

1st July 2010 - Thursday

High: 21.5
Low: 5.5
Rain:(27)
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 cloudy start to the day although the sky was bright. It was much cooler than it has been. It did warm up in the afternoon, but there was an occasional cool breeze.