{"id":170601,"date":"2026-08-17T04:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/170601\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:47:34","slug":"sunday-storms-in-southern-alberta-comes-with-large-hail-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/170601\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday storms in southern Alberta comes with large hail threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend in southern Alberta may end on a thundery note for many as a weak surface trough and descending cold front trigger thunderstorm development through the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

Thunderstorms are forecast to initiate off the foothills Sunday afternoon and track east-southeast through the evening. Parts of Highway 11 could see some of the stronger storms develop, impacting any travellers heading home after the weekend.<\/p>\n

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The storms will likely be fairly isolated, so not everyone within the severe thunderstorm watch area will see any storms, but those who do could be in for a strong storm.<\/p>\n

Among those who are more likely to see some stormy weather are folks in Calgary.<\/p>\n

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Large hail is possible with any severe storms that do develop, which could damage property and crops.<\/p>\n

Strong winds may also knock down weak trees and cause localized power outages. Some of the storms could also produce heavy rainfall, raising the risk for localized flooding.<\/p>\n

Wildfire smoke could be a limiting factor for storm development and severity through the afternoon and evening, though, as it essentially acts as a cap over the unstable atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Stay with The Weather Network for the latest information and updates on your weather across Alberta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weekend in southern Alberta may end on a thundery note for many as a weak surface trough…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[164,17,3666,58,1933,3664,59],"class_list":["post-170601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-canada","tag-hail","tag-rain","tag-retired","tag-thunderstorm","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}