Storm Front (weather that is)

[RedDog]

Being lashed to smithereens here by sheet hail with all traffic stopped. They must have added tornado watches by now. You would be hurt going outside. Thunder is moving the house. The cat is in hysterics.

Once again, this is not the temperature I would normally associate with this violence.

[mindyrbusiness]

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Adumbration's galore
(From Sound the Trumpet.ca)
Powerful M-Class flare ejected from the Sun – July 2, 2012
Big sunspot AR1515 erupted on July 2nd at 10:52 UT, producing an M5.6-class solar flare that almost crossed the threshold into X-territory. A pulse of x-rays and UV radiation from the flare illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, producing waves of ionization over Europe. Such waves alter the propagation of low-frequency radio transmissions.

US heatwave: Storm death toll reaches 22
Millions of people in the eastern US faced a third sweltering day without power Monday as the death toll from weekend summer storms rose to 22. Stifling homes and spoiled food were some of the challenges as temperatures approached or exceeded 100 degrees (40 degrees Celsius). Concerns rose about the sick and elderly staying cool.

China confirms bird flu outbreak
The outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu initially killed 1,600 chickens and sickened about 5,500, the agriculture ministry said overnight. In an effort to contain the disease, agricultural authorities quarantined the area and culled 156,439 chickens, according to the ministry.

Large earthquake felt across NZ
A large earthquake has been felt across the North and South Islands tonight. The 7.0 magnitude quake was centred 60 km south-west of Opunake at a depth of 257 kilometres, GNS Science said. The earthquake was felt across the North Island from Taranaki to Bay of Plenty, down to Wellington and as far south as Canterbury.

[RedDog]

It's passed. I think. It looks like it snowed an inch. We may have had as much precipitation in 30 minutes as Tuscan has in a year.

[styky]

It's passed. I think. It looks like it snowed an inch. We may have had as much precipitation in 30 minutes as Tuscan has in a year.

With this crazy weather watch the market gardeners prices go through the roof. The is however if they have anything left to sell.

[goldhound]

It's passed. I think. It looks like it snowed an inch. We may have had as much precipitation in 30 minutes as Tuscan has in a year.

My daughter and her guy just sent an iphone video of them driving in 2 ft of water past a number of stalled vehicles, somewhere in Red Deer.

[Number 6]

Heavy rain....damaging winds.......massive hail.....
Summer has arrived in the province. The air mass above must be very very cold to generate this kind of weather. A pleasant heavy downpour of the average variety hit west Edmonton later this afternoon. Many a year has the Whitemud flooded in parts. Hot weather this weekend could signal even fiercer storms.

Still......the corridor between Rocky and Red Deer. Hit a supercell or something one year a way back. Thought the hail would smash the truck's windshield et al to bits. Thankfully it didnt.
The topography just has to play into the more violent weather y'all get down there in Redneck Deer. I never did bother doing any serious research on the matter, but there must be some studies published. Maybe a bit of fed guvvehment $$$ put to better use.

[styky]

What ever it was that slammed Alberta and is causing havoc in Saskatchewan should be arriving here about breakfast time. The warnings have already hit the airwaves.

[styky]

Here's the media report..........

Tornadoes reported in Alberta, Saskatchewan as storms batter region
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/03 ... katchewan/

[goldhound]

Heavy rain....damaging winds.......massive hail.....
Summer has arrived in the province. The air mass above must be very very cold to generate this kind of weather. A pleasant heavy downpour of the average variety hit west Edmonton later this afternoon. Many a year has the Whitemud flooded in parts. Hot weather this weekend could signal even fiercer storms.

Still......the corridor between Rocky and Red Deer. Hit a supercell or something one year a way back. Thought the hail would smash the truck's windshield et al to bits. Thankfully it didnt.
The topography just has to play into the more violent weather y'all get down there in Redneck Deer. I never did bother doing any serious research on the matter, but there must be some studies published. Maybe a bit of fed guvvehment $$$ put to better use.

Over the long term that is not unusual. The area from Rocky through to Red Deer is historically a hail belt. Ask the old timers......like me

[RedDog]

I just got in from work and it's raining again but there is standing hail on the lawn again so it appears another wave of the storm cell blasted through not all that long ago. I was not outside for several hours so was unaware of the situation. I'm seeing they had tornados touch down west of Didsbury causing damage, that being between Red Neck Deer and Calgary. One of our FDers lives in Didsbury.

I see locally some of the retail flooding was only five blocks south of me and maybe ten blocks north, the river being in-between and it was already running extremely high to the near point of breeching the banks. It's about 150 yards from the house but being dark I can't see it's state at this hour.

[Number 6]

July 4th and you can see you breath.....at least at 0530H one could. Reminds me of a few Julys of old. They do not call them cold fronts for nothing here.

A good day to enjoy a cigar during T.A.M. ,which we already did.

"Well, I love a rainy night....I love to hear the thunder, and watch the lightning as it lights up the sky....
it makes one feel good.....
Showers may not wash my cares away as we wake up to another cold rainy day....."

"in the early morning rain, with a slouch hat on my head, with a hot tea in my hand, and a paper that is unread...
You can have your bagels plain, if it keeps you sane, but I best be on my way, in the early morning rain."

(With acknowledgements if not necessarily apologies to E. Rabbitt (RIP) and G. Lightfoot)

[Smaug]

Once again Edmonton has cleverley avoided the centre of the storm. We got a bit of rain (still dribbling) and a bit of wind but nothing like what they got west and south of here.

Glad to see you and your mortified moggy have made it through RedDog.

[RedDog]

Thanks. It's violently windy here with wind warnings. I noticed a few minutes ago the hot tub cover was no longer on the hot tub and wonder how long that was the case. A ton of heat lost there causing global warming.

[styky]

The mega storm hit us this morning. We got a enough to fill the rain barrel 4 whole inches.

[RedDog]

It's 5 degrees and likely hasn't bottomed out yet. I'll have the heater on in the car going to work... in July. I see both Jasper and Banff are showing +2c. Better have good sleeping bags in the tent at Tunnel Mountain.