Thursday could bring more active weather to Alberta

Wednesday afternoon gave us a show of how unstable the weather can be this week and it could be more of the same on Thursday.

Calgary was dosed by a classic supercell storm on Wednesday afternoon that blasted the city with rain and lit up the sky with lightning.

The short-lived event developed southwest of Calgary and crossed over the city in a northeast direction during the 4 o’clock hour, impacting most communities one way or another.

More severe weather unfolded east of the city, with areas along the Saskatchewan border under severe thunderstorm watches and warnings, while Lloydminster was briefly under a tornado warning.

The instability will taper off for Calgary overnight, with Thursday morning poised to be sunny and calm, but we could be in for round 2 by as early as 11 a.m., though models don’t suggest as severe of weather to develop.

Even still, scattered showers with embedded non-severe thunderstorms are a possibility, and the same can be said for Friday and Saturday as well.

Stability finally works its way back into the forecast on Sunday, when a ridge of high pressure moves up from the south, providing lots of sunshine and above-seasonal temperatures for the final days of June.