Thursday, June 20, 2013

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Rain might not be over yet

Strong winds cause fallen trees and power outages in storm

By Lisa Goudy


With one storm system gone, another one might be on its way this weekend.

“The worst is behind us for this storm system,” said Environment Canada warning preparedness meteorologist John Paul Cragg on Thursday morning. “There is the potential for something else to come in over the weekend … There’s an area of precipitation that could have some thunderstorms in it moving up into the province and it looks like Moose Jaw’s right at the edge of the precipitation.”

He said no precipitation is expected for Friday, but it will likely be pretty cloudy. On Saturday and Sunday there is a forecasted 60 per cent chance of rain.

“If the area of precipitation moves just a little bit further west, Moose Jaw could be in for some stronger stuff and some more thunderstorms,” said Cragg. “But the good news is, it looks like Monday through Wednesday beginning next week, looks warmer and sunnier.”

The storm system that came through Moose Jaw early Thursday morning, which had thunder, lightning and strong winds, produced 16.3 millimeters (mm) of rain at the Environment Canada weather station. Cragg added “locally it could be quite a bit more.”

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