Drought-stricken Prairies in line for month’s worth of rain

Prairies remain starved for moisture, an incoming system could be the relief fire crews have been waiting for.
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Temperatures cool across southern Alberta Thursday with periods of additional rain showers before the system moves east Threat for torrential rains in parts of southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba through Friday with 30-50+ mm possible Sunshine and warming trend (back to more summer-like temperatures) during the long weekend with hot conditions returning next week
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Additional rainfall will continue across Alberta on Thursday before the system moves eastward by Thursday night.
Parts of southern Manitoba for example, have gone over a month without seeing any rain.
"And now some areas could see OVER a month’s worth of rainfall in just 24 hours," says Weather Network meteorologist Dr. Doug Gillham.
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