WEATHER: Thursday storm statistics, and a look ahead to the weekend

By Margeaux Maron Global News

Posted June 12, 2015 9:08 pm

Updated June 12, 2015 9:45 pm

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WATCH ABOVE: Kevin O’Connell’s Friday, June 12, 2015 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.

EDMONTON – A series of, at times, severe thunderstorms rolled through Alberta Thursday evening bringing with it high winds, lightning, and periods of heavy rain – a significant change of patterns for the parched province.

This historical radar time lapse shows the storm moving eastward and breaking apart as it approaches the Capital Region. A more severe tornado-warned storm cell was also be seen near Ponoka before it lost intensity through the evening.

WATCH: Severe weather system moves through central Alberta on June 11, 2015

Rainfall totals varied widely depending on where you were.

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Rainfall totals near Edmonton and central Alberta:

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Legal: 15.1mm
Elk Island National Park: 12.5mm
Edmonton Blatchford: 6.0mm
St Albert Research Park: 4.7mm
Edmonton Stony Plain: 11.9mm
Edmonton International Airport: 0mm
Wetaskiwin: 13.0mm
Lacombe: 20.0mm
Camrose: 2.3mm

Maximum wind gusts across central Alberta:

Lloydminster: 87 km/h
Red Deer: 72 km/h
Grande Prairie: 61 km/h
Edmonton: 48 km/h

Maxiumum hail reports across central Alberta:

Ponoka: golf ball-sized hail
St Albert: loonie-sized hail
Morningside: quarter-sized hail

Places like Medicine Hat saw another round of severe weather Friday, with winds gusting upwards of 115 km/h and golf ball-sized hail causing damage to many homes, cars and trees in the area.

For late Friday evening, there is a chance Edmonton will see some more scattered showers, and looking forward to this weekend, instability and wet conditions continue across the Capital Region.

Saturday looks to be mostly cloudy with 1-3 millimetres of rain expected. And after seven days straight of temperatures above 25°C, a cool down is also in store – with a Saturday daytime high of 15°C.

For Sunday, the thermometer will top out a 17°C and another 1-2 millimetres worth of scattered rain is also expected.

IN PHOTOS: Severe weather rolls through central Alberta on June 11, 2015