Flooding in Calgary :(

[mr_alberta]

Originally Posted by Murminator

what is the weather forecast for Calgary/Red Deer area this weekend?

Here's a helpful link for ya:

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html

[danny zubot]

I think they said 30 to 50% chance of showers for the weekend. I'll take it I guess, its better than the 100% chance from the past two weekends. Mind you this is Calgary, the forcast changes like every hour.

[danny zubot]

As of today they're predicting about 100mm of rain over the weekend. Because the ground is so saturated with moisture they say flooding is still a big issue, and it won't take much rain to swell the rivers again.

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by newguy

Here's a helpful link for ya:

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html

Thankya

[danny zubot]

That site paints a better picture then CFCN's web site. Funny how they all have different information.

[AJ_77]

City of Calgary
11:01 AM MDT Friday 17 June 2005

Heavy rainfall warning for
City of Calgary continued.

60 to 100 mm of rain is expected through Saturday.

A low pressure system is developing over central Montana this morning and is expected to intensify this afternoon into this evening moving into southern Alberta tonight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are occurring today over southern Alberta which should become more widespread this afternoon into tonight as more unstable conditions develop. Rain heavy at times is expected to continue tonight especially along the foothills from Calgary north to Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg. Rain will gradually shift north and east into central Alberta on Saturday. General rainfall amounts of 60 to 80 mm are expected over the warning area by midday Saturday with locally higher amounts of 100 mm along the foothills mainly between Calgary and Rocky Mountain House.

Farther south, in areas hard-hit by last weeks storm, rain is expected as well, but the amounts will be less with values in the 40 to 60 mm range, still significant but not of the same magnitude as the rains expected farther north. However any additional rainfall In this area will further heighten flooding concerns in the area.

[OCDP]

just heard the flood warning for some river lol, forgot the name... but the flood warnings are now in effect!

[AJ_77]

That was the EBS flood warning on the radio, for the Highwood River and the town of High River. Aptly named town, don't you think?

[DiscusZ]

It was quite nasty last night/early AM.. I left work at almost 1am, I was going South down Crowchild and just before the offramp to Glemmore all lanes were underwater you had to get over to the left lane as it was the shallowest.. the fair right lane had at lease 12" of water but probably alot more.

Got near my end of town near the city limits and one intersection was almost under water (fair end of Lake Chaparral, there was litterally a lake in one intersection)

Its quite nasty.,

[AndyL]

Well the bow is looking pretty big... Driving down canyon meadows, the section between macleod and deerfoot, everyone was pulled over looking into the river valley at the new lake.

Coming back, it sure looked like the WTP at the calf robe was about to have a whole lot of extra water in it's system.

If any southern alberta farmer complains about the drought this year...

Andy