Get set for another hot and (mostly) dry day in Edmonton & most of Central and Northern Alberta.
Edmonton had a couple weak thunderstorms push through part of the city Monday evening.
Not much moisture, but some wind & lightning.
It looks like we could be in for another round of scattered late-day showers & thunderstorms today.
More of the same Wednesday too.

The focus of the thunderstorm activity was northern Alberta yesterday.  
Lightning strikes are suspected to have sparked a number of new wildfires.
The fire hazard remains extremely high across northern Alberta today with no significant moisture in the forecast until maybe Friday.
Mainly sunny to Partly cloudy skies across northern Alberta today.
The main thunderstorm zone this afternoon will be from around Edmonton west towards Hinton, NW to Barrhead & SW towards Rocky Mountain House.
There will likely be showers & thunderstorms outside that region.  But that zone is where most of the action is expected to develop today.

Cooler air drops in for the end of the week.
Edmonton cools to the 20-degree range Thursday & dips into the teens Fri/Sat.
Further north, we could see temperatures drop into the 10-15 range for a few days at the end of the week.

Today will be Edmonton's 8th consecutive day above 20 degrees.  We haven't had a streak like this in May in the past 20 years.
Although, 2001 & 2013 had strings of 7 straight days in the 20s (in May).  
Our streak will likely end Thursday or Friday of this week.


Here's the Edmonton forecast:

Today - Mix of sun & cloud.  30% chance of a late-day shower. Risk of a thunderstorm.
High:  26

Tonight - 30% chance of a shower, risk of a thunderstorm this evening.  Clearing overnight.
Low:  13

Wednesday - Increasing cloud.  60% chance of a late-day shower. Risk of a thunderstorm.
High:  25

Thursday - Mix of sun & cloud.
Morning Low:  10
Afternoon High:  20

Friday - Cloudy with sunny breaks.
Morning Low:  8
Afternoon High:  17

Saturday - Mix of sun & cloud.  30% chance of a shower.
Morning Low:  7
Afternoon High:  15

Sunday - Mainly sunny.
Morning Low:  5
Afternoon High:  20