A cold front pushing through Southern MB triggered a line of severe thunderstorms Sunday evening just south and east of Winnipeg. It was a warm and humid day Sunday with temperatures climbing to 29C and dewpoints of 20C.. the warmest and muggiest day in a couple of weeks. This airmass provided the fuel for powerful thunderstorms to develop late in the day along a cold front moving in from the west. Toonie to golf ball size hail was reported with some of the storms as well as wind gusts to 100 km/h and a report of a funnel cloud south of Beasujour. The storms just missed hitting Winnipeg, with the cold front coming through dry here. However the impressive thunderstorm cells could easily be seen from the city, with majestic towering cumulonimbus tops rising to 50000 feet just 30 km away to the southeast.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Severe thunderstorms erupt south and east of Winnipeg
A cold front pushing through Southern MB triggered a line of severe thunderstorms Sunday evening just south and east of Winnipeg. It was a warm and humid day Sunday with temperatures climbing to 29C and dewpoints of 20C.. the warmest and muggiest day in a couple of weeks. This airmass provided the fuel for powerful thunderstorms to develop late in the day along a cold front moving in from the west. Toonie to golf ball size hail was reported with some of the storms as well as wind gusts to 100 km/h and a report of a funnel cloud south of Beasujour. The storms just missed hitting Winnipeg, with the cold front coming through dry here. However the impressive thunderstorm cells could easily be seen from the city, with majestic towering cumulonimbus tops rising to 50000 feet just 30 km away to the southeast.
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The storms went just north and south of us here in Lancaster, MN. We got a couple drops of rain, but we got some impressive lightning and mammatus cloud formations. I got a few great pictures out of this. Temp went from 31 to 21 in a few minutes. Looking forward to the beautiful weather coming our way midweeek.
ReplyDeleteSome pretty bad storms down your way.. and it looks like a significant tornado just southwest of Grand Forks in Northwood. Early reports indicate lots of damage with two trailer parks destroyed and at least one fatality.
ReplyDeleteThe CAPE was over 4000 here, and I'm sure it was worse down in the Grand Forks area. We were lucky that we were the hole in the doughnut so to speak. It also allowed me to get out with the camera without having to worry about getting zapped or blown away (or have my head caved in by hail).
ReplyDeletewow...yet another dry frontal passage for Winnipeg...driving around parts of the city shows trees yellowing/browning from moisture stress and parched brown lawns ... only 15 mm of rain at your station in August...yikes.
ReplyDeleteDaniel