{"id":721578,"date":"2026-06-07T19:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/721578\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:53:17","slug":"threat-of-funnel-clouds-on-the-table-for-calgary-and-other-alberta-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/721578\/","title":{"rendered":"Threat of funnel clouds on the table for Calgary and other Alberta cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funnel clouds can form in environments with thunderstorms and rotating columns of air. It is a cone or funnel-shaped condensation cloud that extends from a storm without reaching the surface.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These types of funnel clouds are generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms. This weak rotation is normally not a danger near the ground. However, there is a chance that this rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado,&#8221; warned Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/2u52zb4c324v0x24f19B5C\/adc14d26e83065c089d83b8b4d6be3f3\/image13.png\" alt=\"What is a funnel cloud explainer\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image13.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Typically, funnel clouds alone are not dangerous. However, if they are able to extend to the surface, they would become a tornado. In that case, it could cause damage.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike their supercell cousins, landspout tornadoes don&#8217;t usually cause major damage but can still be dangerous. They can be potent enough to topple trees, damage roofs or toss debris short distances.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to The Weather Network for the latest forecast updates for Alberta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Funnel clouds can form in environments with thunderstorms and rotating columns of air. It is a cone or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48,41506],"class_list":["post-721578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-retired"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}