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Warnings
3:21 PM MDT Tuesday 16 May 2017
Snowfall warning in effect for:
Kananaskis Improvement District near Highwood House
Kananaskis Improvement District near Kananaskis Village
M.D. of Bighorn near Canmore Exshaw and Ghost Lake
M.D. of Bighorn near Ghost River Wilderness
A weather system moving through the northwestern United States is forecast to bring significant precipitation to portions of the Rockies and foothills. Precipitation will start as rain tonight and change to snow by Wednesday morning. Snowfall amounts will vary based on elevation with higher locations receiving more significant snowfall. Local accumulations of 10 to 15 cm are forecast before the snow ends Wednesday.
Snowfall warnings are issued when significant snowfall is expected.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.storm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ABStorm.
Weather warning in effect for:
M.D. of Pincher Creek near Beauvais Lake Prov. Park
M.D. of Pincher Creek near Cowley Burmis and Maycroft
M.D. of Pincher Creek near Pincher Creek and Twin Butte
M.D. of Ranchland
Municipality of Crowsnest Pass including Coleman and Frank
Piikani Reserve
Waterton Lakes Nat. Park and Blood Res. 148A
A weather system moving through the northwestern United States is forecast to bring significant precipitation to portions of the Rockies and foothills. Precipitation will start as rain tonight and change to snow by Wednesday morning. Snowfall amounts will vary based on elevation with higher locations receiving more significant snowfall. Local accumulations of 10 to 20 cm are forecast before the snow ends Wednesday.
Total precipitation amounts for the event are forecast to approach 50 mm.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.storm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ABStorm.
Highway 11 near Nordegg in west-central Alberta, elevation about 1300 m:
Luckily none of that nonsense for Edmonton but we did get a frost this morning, another one possible tonight. Strangely no frost warnings issued--too early in the growing season???
top of Mt. Washington is covered in deep snow. Must be an unusual combination with spring leaf out + fresh snow at higher elevations
Must be unusual. Something you see out west more? I guess we can look for May snowstorms (which have happened) and see what years had leaf out/flowers with snow?
Also.. Not just "since 2005" stat.. Check it out...
" The official storm total, according to the Mount Washington Observatory, was 33.3 inches of snow, “making this our largest snowstorm ever recorded in May.” The previous record for a single May snowstorm was set in 1997 with 30.6 inches"
Don't think we're capable of getting a parked ridge like that. Though summer last year got close.
I don't think so either. Especially with the Polar Jet strengthening in the Fall and squashing or kicking it out but I've seen it last for months for us, even in winter. It just doesn't reoccur for months again like out West. The Pacific vs Land thing is one reason I believe.
Past 1.5 yrs the West has had a zonal flow with troughs at times (like this week). That's why CA was able to be relieved from the drought. Zonal flow = moisture/storms right off Pacific into them.
This mornings map. Northeast US dip finally moved out and the ridge is over us now. Enjoy the heat. Dews will rise with the Surface High Pressure over Bermuda.
Blues on radar (Snowing there)
Upper Low in PacNW.
Upper Low in Eastern Canada.
Teens and 20s in Canada
Snow in mid may, and wunderground is predicting 3-7cm (1-3 inches), that must be a one in 10-20 year event for Denver, I know they can get snow in spring but this late must be in the top 10.
Snow in mid may, and wunderground is predicting 3-7cm (1-3 inches), that must be a one in 10-20 year event for Denver, I know they can get snow in spring but this late must be in the top 10.
For Denver International Airport.. This is the Total May snowfall. They need 8.3" to get into Top 10. 3.4" to get into Top 20 snowiest Mays.
If this is the pattern into summer, no long extended heat waves for Ohio Valley/Northeast/N.MidAtlantic can happen with these up and downs.
This indeed could be the pattern. Frequent shots of cool air for Midwest. Not sure about east though.
CFSv2 still wants to bring back warmer than average temps beyond the 8-14 day period
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