Edmonton, Medicine Hat & Fort McMurray Included in Environment Canada's Forecast Map for 2cm Hail & 50mm of Rainfall Today (Sat, June 23, 2018)

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Here's what Environment Canada wrote:

"Alberta

Area(s): Entire province

Timing: Saturday afternoon, evening and overnight

Threats: 2 cm hail, 50 mm rainfall

Thunderstorms will be widespread across the province on Saturday. Across eastern regions a trough of low pressure will be the focus of thunderstorm development and lead to the risk of slow moving storms capable of severe heavy rainfall and marginally severe hail."

PLEASE READ: For those wondering, these "prototype" maps are not yet available on EC's website. However, they will become operational soon and shared directly on their site. These forecasts and maps are issued by the same Environment Canada Meteorologists that issues all Watches and Warnings for the prairies. They're also temporarily hosted by the University of Manitoba here:

https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/environment/envirogeog/weather/conv_otlk/

Environment Canada's disclaimer says:

"Disclaimer: These products are part of an experimental initiative at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). These are not official ECCC products and therefore may not be available on a daily basis. Please continue to monitor weather forecasts as well as watches and warnings via http://www.weather.gc.ca/. Please address any questions, concerns and/or feedback regarding these products to the Decision Support Meteorologists at the Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre, available by email at ec.soutienmeteoouest-weathersupportwest.ec@canada.ca."

More details ASAP!