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Summer officially started on Thursday and for the first time in five days, it actually felt like summer with a high of 20 C!
The weekend will get even warmer but before we talk about that, we need to talk about the active weather in store for southern Alberta on Friday.
Lots of sunshine is expected in the morning and early afternoon but thunderstorms are likely in Calgary after 4 pm
Cells will develop in the foothills in the afternoon and track east.
We should have all the ingredients in place to have some serious thunderstorms.
This means that gusts of 90 km/h or more, hail of two centimeters or more, heavy rain and even rotation are possible, which could lead to funnel clouds and tornadoes.
The areas where the storms are likely to intensify to the severe level are Calgary and south along Highway 2.
These cells will then track eastward throughout the dinner hours.
A ridge of high pressure will build in for the weekend.
This promotes air sinking, stability, sunshine and warmer temperatures.
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