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The setup turned out quite a bit different than originally forecast. We had put the highest risk from Drumheller, to Edmonton and over to Loydminster.

The storms formed up over the Wainwright, Loydminster region and west toward ares north of Edmonton. We first headed to Wainwright after 2 storms and busted when the storm hit the gas into Saskachewan, the other storm died soon after. We headed back and we were drawn to the northern storm that cycled south so vigorously it looked as if it made a 90 degree turn south from two hills. we caught up to it south of Lavoy on #36 and filmed some timelapse, we got as close to it as we could but we knew by the golf ball sized hail sitting in the ditch not to go any farther north.

On another note the season is winding down, We expect one more storm setup before the season ends. The setup is showing around Aug 21-27. Stay tuned

Fairly high risk of severe weather today with slight tornado risk. Mlcapes of 1750-2250 combined with deep shear on all levels should power some very severe storms. Risk of exceptional hail. Flash floods, damaging winds and possible tornadoes. Stay tuned to albertawx for further information.

A particular area to keep an eye on is
Drumheller, up to Edmonton and over to Loydminister

Intense pulse storms will be a daily and nightly occurrence over the next few days with temps in the mid to upper 20s. These storms will be short lived and mainly hang out in the foothills and lightning triangle due to lack of shear. A few storms will pop up here and there but generally it will be calm east of the QE2 corridor. The heatwave will begin to break down by the end of the weekend and could lead to more severe supercell storms as shear increases.