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Break out the sunscreen! Meteorological summer will arrive with hot and sunny conditions.

  CALGARY -- As with yesterday, that troughing motion aloft is going to swing in toward us. Today, well experience a period of marginal instability, which could result in not only spotty showers, but also periods of isolated storms; theyd be short-lived, a little loud, and pass quickly. Can we start calling them "toddler tantrums?" Areas west of the city could see some light flurries, which may equate to a full centimetre in areas. Melting temperatures will make short work of it. The rest ...

  CALGARY -- In meteorology, there can be good and bad in just about every set of circumstances; outdoor enthusiasts love the sun and certainly dont mind that April fell short of seasonal average precipitation (while simultaneously cursing that we were above seasonal on snowfall, all the same!) That datas below: How badly do we need that rain? Pretty badly. Heres the data from Agroclimate Canada: This means that from a period starting from meteorological fall (Sep 1, 2020) to present day,...

  CALGARY -- Today and tomorrow, were into – and out of – a high pressure rise. Today the wind is a little gentler as were directly beneath the ridge, and tomorrow itll pick up as the ridge falls away and returns us to seasonal temps. Until then, this ridge of high pressure is going to pump us to the 20s! The standard drawback continues, in that this will keep the landscape dry and ramp up the fire advisories. Our weekend is shaping for some light showers, but the key word is light. We...

  CALGARY -- The only major shake-up from yesterdays projected conditions is (once again) ongoing reductions in the expected rainfall this weekend. Initially, we were focused on getting 10-15 millimetres of rain, beginning midday Saturday and carrying forward into Sunday. Now, well be lucky for scattered showers on Saturday, with Sunday largely clear. This bodes well for many outdoorsy-types, but not so well for farmers, gardeners and, quite possibly, firefighters. Were into a ridge of hig...

  CALGARY -- Our energy budget will maintain a surplus – that is to say, well be getting more energy in from wind and insolation (the sun), than that which fluctuates out (emissions). As such, the warm-up continues, potentially into the 20s, as the wave of polar vortex energy centres over Nunavut and is kicked out late Wednesday by a high-pressure ridge building up from California. And thats pretty much it. No foolin. The next two days will involve nothing-to-write-home-about wind out of ...

While this is the sort of forecast that bodes well for those hankering to be outdoors, its not so great for our fire forecast conditions

  CALGARY -- Our forecasts through this week are more for checking changes (and inevitable increases) to the AlbertaFireBans data than our actual conditional adjustments. Its a boring week! The no news is good news adage will apply in full, here. Today, we apply a minor exception to the rule, as cool wind preceding the boring high pressure ridge aloft brings in a northern billow and may even trigger flurries across the foothills and into the Calgary area, which will serve only to accumulate...

  CALGARY -- It really speaks to the state of weather-affairs in our province when the Environment Canada team in charge of the analysis labels the western prairies as "another day, another low" – and with that, the rollercoaster ride continues. Today, were in the warm outset of another plunge below seasonal, which arrives just in time for the weekend, thanks to Murphys Law. Our outflow aloft shoves over the Rockies and will cause air to descend along their eastern slopes, providing south...

  CALGARY -- Scattered flurries from a cold front will continue across the province for the better part of the morning, largely fading in the "mild" of the afternoon, save for the foothills, where light flurries will continue. Calgary had a shot for light flurries earlier and a few flakes may have gone to ground, but the amount of moisture in our air drops off as those flurries fall, creating enough of a dry layer to absorb the lions share of snow. In spite of this, Calgarys conditions aren...