{"id":171703,"date":"2026-08-17T23:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171703\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:12:24","slug":"calgary-southern-alberta-face-a-severe-storm-large-hail-risk-monday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171703\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary, southern Alberta face a severe storm, large hail risk Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The week in southern Alberta could get off to a stormy start as conditions will be prime for severe weather development in parts the region.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms could initiate off the foothills Monday afternoon and track southeast through the evening, and may impact the city of Calgary. Severe thunderstorm watches are in effect for southern Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/severe\/hurricane-lala-lashing-hawaii-with-high-winds-flooding-rain\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hawaii braces for more of Tropical Storm Lala&#8217;s winds and flooding rains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among those may see some stormy weather are folks in Calgary, south to Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and the U.S. international border.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/2UxWWckyyJNpOGMSZn8TbE\/d884de597d0f2e71000f81bc418f5cb8\/image10.png\" alt=\"Alberta precipitation timing Monday evening\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image10.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From Monday afternoon onwards, atmospheric conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorm development.<\/p>\n<p>Large hail is possible with any severe storms that do develop, as well as strong wind gusts, posing a risk to property, crops, fences and trees.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms should develop along the foothills and track southeast into the evening.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/4xhOaA3565RgUt1pPcGx9g\/5d7384a3462399dc701ffd9181bbe85d\/image7.png\" alt=\"Alberta storm risk map Monday\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787008344_461_image7.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the storms could also produce heavy rainfall, raising the risk for localized flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Monday, heat will ramp up midweek as a ridge of high pressure over the Western U.S. noses northwards. Thirty-degree heat is possible in the south (Medicine Hat area) by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stay with The Weather Network for the latest information and updates on your weather across Alberta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The week in southern Alberta could get off to a stormy start as conditions will be prime for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[164,17,3666,58,1933,3664,59],"class_list":["post-171703","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\/171703","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=171703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}