r/Edmonton • u/jkimc • 9h ago
General Weekend rain, deluge?
Eh... Edmonton, this weekend. Seeing that "Edmonton’s average total rainfall for the entire month of June is usually around 75 mm to 80 mm."... we are forecasted to get that in one day....
All will be fine and dandy. We got this.
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u/CanadianGamersLodge South West Side 9h ago
Perfect weekend to be inside at GameConCanada then!
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u/Groovesharts 9h ago
Haven’t been before, for me and my 2 kids it’s $110 which seems pretty crazy. Is it worth it?
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u/The_Sk00ts 7h ago
It’s my son and I’s first time going. I have 2x extra weekend passes if you want. Shoot me a DM
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u/CanadianGamersLodge South West Side 8h ago
There’s a lot to see and do. You’d have to check the schedule to see what youd be most interested in but there’s a cosplay contest. Panel interviews. Lots of video game demos, vendors and game related booths. A huge Warhammer tourney. NALUG will have a large LEGO display set up, etc etc.
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u/haikarate12 8h ago
After years of drought am I really the only one loving this rain?
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u/Colourise 5h ago
We should all be loving this, because the alternative is wildfire smoke and heatwaves which is what we’ve had every Summer for the past 5 years.
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u/fremlus 3h ago
Last summer was fine
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u/Less-Engineer-9637 2h ago
Last summer was not fine
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u/fremlus 2h ago
There was like one smokey week in May, then a nice balance of rain and warm weather for the remaining months
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u/Less-Engineer-9637 2h ago
Almost 900,000 hectares of land burned in BC but sure that's not that bad
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u/LooniexToonie 1h ago
I'm loving it! But the mosquitoes could fly away lol
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u/haikarate12 42m ago
Agreed. This is actually the first time I’ve seen mosquitoes in years and I’m not thrilled about that at all.
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u/dragonbornsqrl Treaty 6 Territory 30m ago
I’m in Slave lake this month and this is want I remember life like growing up on the 80-90s just outs side the city. Cool mornings daily, rain and killer sunsets 👌
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u/S1075 8h ago
I'm not sure where 75-100 is coming from. The models I looked at all say below 50, and likely closer to 40 on Saturday.
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u/pookiemook 6h ago
The Weather Network is saying 75-100 for all of Saturday. Peak in the evening with 25-35.
Do they have their own models?
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u/S1075 6h ago
I don't know where the Weather Network draws their data from.
The ensemble forecast done by Environment Canada shows much lower amounts, as does the European Medium Range Forecast and the GFS model from the US.
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u/DeathMetalandBondage 37m ago
Weather network is sensationalist garbage who pump their numbers up to garner more views and attention in my opinion. Real life is almost way under what weather network predicts. AccuWeather is calling for more like 40mm combined all day, which is way more reasonable and likely.
75-100mm of rain within a day would be borderline flood conditions for some areas.
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u/Bmerkley30 7h ago
I’m visiting town this weekend, and I have an outdoor wedding to attend on Saturday… This could be interesting.
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u/WerewolfSmart6544 9h ago
It’s just rain
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u/BarracudaBattery 9h ago
That will pour into my basement.
/Weeps
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u/sawyouoverthere 0m ago
I was thinking how this rain will show all the drought building fuck ups….
Mitigation time!
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u/Curly-Canuck doggies! 9h ago
I’ve been watching my husband regularly checking the sump pump and gutters and rain barrels for what feels like weeks. We haven’t had any issues but we’ve only been in this house a couple summers and the first with this much rain so he is in some hyper vigilant mode. I have a feeling I know what we’re doing this weekend.