Achi news desk-
Another round of moisture is headed for southern Alberta with some areas east of the QEII and Highway 2 expecting significant accumulations in less than two days.
An inverted trough starting in Colorado will direct rain as far north as central and northern Alberta starting Monday and continuing into early Wednesday.
Anticipating the continued rain and the multi-day event, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued rainfall warnings for southeastern Alberta.
The agency noted that most of the rain is expected on Monday night and Tuesday and that rainfall totals will vary.
“Widespread rainfall totals of 50 to 70 mm are likely. Locally higher amounts of 80 mm or more are possible.”
Calgary is expecting between 10 and 20 millimeters of rain, but the advanced nature of this system could mean those totals are higher.
There is a chance for brief thunderstorms to develop as the warmer air in southern Alberta collides with the incoming system, and strong winds could trigger wind warnings in some of the warning areas raining at the moment.
As temperatures drop Tuesday areas closer to the foothills and in the mountains could see precipitation fall as mixed precipitation and/or snow.
The daytime high in Calgary Tuesday will be 9 degrees below season.
Conditions will improve throughout the day Wednesday with daytime highs reaching 19 C Thursday and edging into the low 20s by the weekend.
The average daytime high in Calgary is 15C.
