More rain expected after a wet weekend in southern Alberta

Chance for more rain on Monday. Jodi Hughes has a look at the five-day forecast from the Sky Watch Weather Centre.

As expected, southern Alberta dealt with a slow-moving low pressure system that brought persistent rain and snow over the first half of the weekend.

In their weather summary on Sunday afternoon, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) noted the “heaviest rain [from this weather event] fell along the foothills and over parts of eastern Alberta” with some communities like Kananaskis Village and Bragg Creek reporting snow.

The ECCC summary showed total precipitation accumulations from their official weather stations, as well as reports from social media, and information sourced from third-party websites.

As of 6 a.m. Sunday, ECCC said up to 30 centimetres of snow had been reported along Highwood Pass, 201 millimetres of rain from the Kananaskis Valley, 131.4 millimetres from Cappon, 120 millimetres from Azure, 114 millimetres from Stavely, 109.7 millimetres from Bragg Creek, 98.1 millimetres from Bow Valley, 78.7 millimetres from Claresholm and 69.5 millimetres from Calgary.

By Sunday night, that low pressure system was sitting in southern Saskatchewan, allowing southern Alberta to start the week with sunny, but cooler conditions.

Low-lying communities west of Calgary reported temperatures closer to freezing Monday morning.

Clouds are expected to build throughout the day Monday and scattered showers or thunderstorms are possible in south-central Alberta.

Most thunderstorms on Monday should remain non-severe in nature, however there is the potential for some intensification north of the Trans-Canada Highway, east of Calgary.

Calgary’s high of 17 C on Monday will be the coldest for the next week, with most days including at least a chance of rain or thunderstorm activity.