07-30-2010, 08:28 PM
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#161
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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Here is the funnel, it didn't last long.
The others I uploaded our on our fb group Storm Chasers of the Canadian Prairies.
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07-30-2010, 08:45 PM
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#162
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Cool! That canola field looks like it has a crop circle in it!
I just checked out your photos of the clouds in Didsbury. Friggin Wow!
Last edited by Eddie Bronze; 07-30-2010 at 08:50 PM.
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07-30-2010, 08:46 PM
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#163
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First Line Centre
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Nice Picture Jayems...you captured a gem.
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07-30-2010, 08:51 PM
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#164
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cap Hell
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Just got back home to Airdrie from dinner out in Calgary. Looking at the archived radar, that big cell went right over our neighborhood. Everything is wet, and a few light things got blown around, but no damage at all.
Hearing thunder now. There is a 41000ft cell just north of Airdrie now.
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07-30-2010, 09:34 PM
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#165
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Great shot Jayems. Made it my desktop background.
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07-30-2010, 09:42 PM
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#166
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^ So did I. Hope you dont mind J.
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07-30-2010, 09:53 PM
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#167
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Go ahead.
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07-30-2010, 10:45 PM
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#168
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Sluggo
Got it bad in the far NE (Saddleridge) dented cars and shingle/siding damage not so much in south Airdrie only light pea sized hail and lots of lightning.
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I'm in the same neighborhood and there was some small marble sized hail that lasted about 30-40 seconds. Nothing too crazy. My wife works in Cross Iron and said it was pretty loud in the mall.
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07-30-2010, 11:34 PM
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#171
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Hmmmm.....Another day, Another Warning!
Severe Thunder Storm Warning (Calgary).
Last weekend I installed a brand new Cedar deck, completed all the finishing touches today. I wondered if I should appy the 1st coat of stain today.........read the forecast (T-Storm Warnings) and I gambled by going ahead with applying the stain that requires 8 hours drying time.
I gambled and I won!! ......... Severe storm? ..... Really?? .... They've been telling me this every day in July!!. Needless to say, not a drop of rain, not a piece of hail .......NOTHIN'!!!!!!!!!!
The Environment Canada and weather Network sites are "Chicken Littles" !!
I only say this because I'm "Nuts".
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07-31-2010, 06:37 AM
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#172
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cap Hell
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Originally Posted by Methanolic
I only say this because I'm "Nuts".
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I took this from the Australian Bureau of Meterorology site, but this applies worldwide. Basically you can predict the conditions for a severe thunderstorm, but it's difficult to predict where they will start forming.
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LIMITATIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
The small scale and short duration of severe thunderstorms make them difficult to predict with numerical computer models and to observe with conventional observing systems. Numerical models can predict the environmental conditions in which severe thunderstorms may develop, but cannot yet predict individual thunderstorms. Once thunderstorms have developed, weather radars are important tools for monitoring them, especially when thunderstorms are less than 200 kilometres from the radar. The radar data provide useful information about the thunderstorms, but can at times be complex to interpret because of such factors as the curvature of the earth, "spreading out" of the radar beam, slight loss of beam power as it passes through rainfall and blocking of the beam by mountains. Also, severe thunderstorms often occur in locations where no storm spotters are available. In summary, people receiving Severe Thunderstorm Warnings need to keep the following limitations in mind: - Warnings may be limited in accuracy because of the complexities involved in detecting thunderstorms, assessing their severity and predicting how they will move and evolve.
- Warnings may not provide much advance notice (maybe less than 15 minutes). Warnings are usually issued only after evidence of severe thunderstorms has been received. There can also be delays in communications systems and in getting the Warning broadcast by radio and TV.
- Severe thunderstorms should not be expected to occur everywhere in the warned area or for the entire period covered by the Warning.
- Warnings can only be effective if people take appropriate protective actions.
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http://www.bom.gov.au/info/thunder/
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07-31-2010, 02:51 PM
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#174
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I believe in the Pony Power
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Yeah KG was great for us today....we actually called a real media spokesman in the US first about stormchasing and KG was far better spoken than that guy.
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07-31-2010, 04:03 PM
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#175
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Ugh, all I see is rain and thunderstorms in the forecast for the next week, not a single sunny day.
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07-31-2010, 04:06 PM
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#176
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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07-31-2010, 04:10 PM
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#177
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Watching 7ungo Giving Up Goals A 5 Year Old Could Stop!
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^ That last picture is a really cool picture.
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07-31-2010, 04:45 PM
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#178
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
A few photos from the storm system yesterday:

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it's a double rainbow!!!
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07-31-2010, 04:54 PM
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#179
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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double rainbow, lighting.. all the way...
waaa waaa ahh aaah ahhh
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07-31-2010, 04:55 PM
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#180
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cap Hell
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Looks like some storms are starting to build again. There is a fairly high one west of Water Valley and a few minor ones between Springbank and the mountains.
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