Severe Level Hail / Maximum Smoke Incoming!

 We had some severe thunderstorms overnight, Jenny Hagen caught a swath of hail in western Saskatchewan, Regina had plugged storm drains in the morning and lightning and thunder Wednesday night. 

Lots of hail dime to toonie near Ponteix #saskatchewan #skstorm this evening around 8 pm @NHP_Reports covering around a 5km swath in some spots pic.twitter.com/GcCAJqljyx

— Jenny Hagan LostInSk (@LostInSk) September 14, 2023

Today most of the convective precipitation will be over southern Manitoba but the big story this morning is the smoke. According to Firesmoke.ca southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba will get a taste of maximum wildfire smoke levels on Friday morning. 

Here is an image of the smoke forecast for 10am Friday.

Last Thunderstorm Outlook of 2023 #mbstorm / Wildfire Smoke Continues...

ECCC has said on Twitter X that this will be the last scheduled outlook of 2023, southeast Manitoba could see strong thunderstorms overnight, especially the extreme southeast corner of the province late overnight (graphic is 8z or between 2am and 3am Tuesday, September 5th) 

Looking the GFS for rain in the north, looks like September 12th will be the first hint of significant rain for most of the worse fire areas in northwestern Alberta and NWT. Smoke continues for pretty much everyone on the Canadian Prairies, in fact it might even get worse. Nice smoke rain in Regina today.

September 9th / Solar Storm Today

 In case of power surges or power outages, keep tuned to the @StormRangerBike for updates. Still looking at the 9th of September for supercells to return. As Tornado Season comes to an end, a solar storm has given photographers an opportunity to see what types of aurora are produced this time around. Remember to book mark the Social Media page or just keep it on this page for the embedded timeline of @StormRangerBike which is where minor updates will be posted for now.

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August 30th Timelapse of Incoming Storm Clouds / Clearing out the smoke #skstorm

 

Smoke briefly cleared out a storm cloud view, however strong thunderstorms were hidden behind the smoke shield for the most part as I filmed from Wascana Lake yesterday. Radar indicated storms just west of the city (Pense) but they kept rolling by northbound and wildfire smoke wrapped it up for me. September 9th continues to show potential. It not over yet!

Calgary Skyline Lightning This Morning via Kyle Brittain on X

Wow some incredible lightning strikes, here is one of the amazing photos found on X Twitter:

Who is all awake in Calgary now? #yyc #abstorm pic.twitter.com/PxNeVyCPSe

— Kyle Brittain (@BadWeatherKyle) August 31, 2023