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  CALGARY -- Our energy budget will maintain a surplus – that is to say, we'll 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 that's pretty much it. No foolin'. The next two days will involve nothing-to-write-home-about wind out of the west, with gusts today reaching the 30 km/h range (yesterday's cap was 41 km/h) and a few wis...

While this is the sort of forecast that bodes well for those hankering to be outdoors, it's 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. It's 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 a higher 'frowns per capita' rate in our city. But, that's just the onset of our high pressur...

  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, we're in the warm outset of another plunge below seasonal, which arrives just in time for the weekend, thanks to Murphy's Law. Our outflow aloft shoves over the Rockies and will cause air to descend along their eastern slopes, providing southern Alberta with the usual westerly gusts, and with the usual diminishing returns as you slide tow...

  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 lion's share of snow. In spite of this, Calgary's conditions aren't rosy today. The large low that billowed across the Rockies yesterday will continue northeastwar...