Calgary, Medicine Hat, Red Deer & Lloydminster Included in Environment Canada's Severe Weather Forecast Today (Tue, July 10th, 2018)

PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER BELOW

Here's what Environment Canada wrote:

"Alberta

Area(s): Central and southern regions.

Timing: Near noon into the overnight period

Threats: 2-5cm hail, locally heavy rain, wind gusts 90-100 km/h especially over southeastern sections

Low pressure system developing over Northern Montana and extending into Southern Alberta with a surface trough extending northward will bring thunderstorms to the area. Main threats with this developing system will be hail in the 2-5 cm range and wind gusts of 90-100 km/h in the southern and eastern parts of Alberta this afternoon. The greatest risk of severe storms is over the Medicine Hat and eastern Cypress hills region. Storms that develop later in the day or that are along a convergence line between roughly Camrose and Calgary will be slow moving and could give locally heavy rain."

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!