Sun for Calgary Thursday, storms to the south

AFTERNOON UPDATE: There's a small chance of thundershowers, now, for Calgary; the projected sunshine from yesterday has been buried by this low's position not dropping further south. Que cera! The cloud dropped our temperature, somewhat, and may bring those showers closer to 4 or 5 p.m.

Otherwise, the remainder of the forecast holds steady, with a chance for showers or thundershowers Friday. Saturday's rain chance has fallen back, but isn't quite gone yet; nor is the chance for thundershowers.

Beyond, we'll experience a new warm-up that might bring back criteria near heat warnings by the start of September.

MORNING EDITION: While we might get a touch of cloud rolling through, we're still looking largely sunny today. However, the same whirling wave that passed through southern Calgary yesterday drops further south Thursday.

What Calgary gets instead is a touch of storm outflow, equating to 40 kilometre per hour gusts, and little else.

A day later, a shortwave from the west will offer a shot at convective thundershowers; our high Friday could reach a point where the storms become severe in some areas. Saturday also has a chance for storms, but we'll likely take away that "severe" moniker for them.

Also, here’s a peek at the mean data:

I've been largely tracking the high temperatures; these are currently four degrees above seasonal (27 C versus 23 C). Still, this month, and the early projection into September, shows our seasonal average largely remaining above four to five degrees above the norm.

Tracking from Sunday onward, precipitation takes a backseat yet again.

YOUR FIVE-DAY CALGARY FORECAST:

Thursday

• Evening: clear, low 13 C

Friday

• Partly cloudy, chance of afternoon showers, thundershowers
• Daytime high: 27 C
• Evening: some cloud, low 13 C

Saturday

• Partly cloudy, chance of showers, thundershowers
• Daytime high: 24 C
• Evening: some cloud, low 14 C

Sunday

• Mainly sunny
• Daytime high: 22 C
• Evening: clear, low 11 C

Monday

• Sunny
• Daytime high: 26 C
• Evening: clear, low 13 C

Tuesday

• Sunny
• Daytime high: 29 C
• Evening: clear, low 15 C

Richard sent in the evening’s colours for today – thanks for this one, Rich!

Viewer Richard's photo of a southern Alberta sunset.

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