Strong Thunderstorm / Weak Tornado Wednesday

Spotted a tornado in the first run of the NAM Nest 18z which shows a system developing over the city of Regina between 7pm and 9pm with 0.74 inches/1.9cm of rain, potential for a weak tornado and the supercell index climbed well above what the GFS was saying last night. Looks very localized, most of southeast Saskatchewan will get showers and lightning at most. Keep in mind the smoke could tear this whole idea apart, wildfire / forest fire smoke continues to be very bad in the far north. Add a strong full moon cycle as well into the mix and it will get interesting for sure, storm season isn't over.

https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/

 

Today's Song: Bad Moon Rising

Check TimeAndDate.com for moon phases and SpaceWeather.com for Solar Flares

Its Happening!  

Extreme humidity mixing with smoke and drought this morning as of
7am 94% humidity and 10C?! at the airport.
7:40am: 71% downtown and 17C feels way hotter than that. #yqrWeather #skstorm on Windy Wednesday for sure... pic.twitter.com/mYD1czsJKA

— ⚡️StormRangerBike🤠🚲 (@StormRangerBike) August 28, 2023

Long Term GFS Says: Supercell Season continues... #skstorm

 Looking at the potential for supercell thunderstorms in the long term GFS forecast model late into August now, in fact Wednesday to Thursday, August 30th and 31st could be a tiny spot of potential in southeast Saskatchewan and into Manitoba. Further down the charts, September 9th continues to pop up as the next "big one". Keeping an eye on that date as well as incoming CME's from spaceweather.com

HOLD ON #SKSTORM Next Lightning Opportunity?: Midnight Wednesday, Cooler Today.. or read below for instant update

Forecast models are coming in colder this morning as rain has cooled things off significantly. As the sunshine begins to cook things up, it will be a matter of how fast the sunshine can boil up the atmospheric moisture. As of 8am Monday, we are looking at some organized thunderstorms, possible supercells entering the Regina City area by midnight Wednesday night. Extremely strong storms are possible with tornadoes, but for now those will stay south in North Dakota. .. HOLD ON...

Instant Update: The NAM Nest is coming back in hot, extreme storms with tornadoes now possible in southeast Saskatchewan or North Dakota. Watching this system close. I have Thursday off.

 

Kelowna Fires / Hurricane Hillary / Tropical Storm Trudeau / Supercell Wednesday

Hoping for rain to put out dangerous wildfires in BC, especially Kelowna and it looks Hurricane Hillary has arrived to save the day, or maybe the week. By the time the first wave of rain hits Canada, we are calling it Tropical Storm Trudeau for saving the country. As a bonus, Tropical Storm Trudeau is expected to produce some supercell potential on Wednesday evening as the second wave crosses the land with much needed moisture.