Glen Clarke showed up at Kirkby Field yesterday with a photo in hand of the lousy weather we were experiencing that morning. He and Kay had grabbed the picture from the Alberta Motor Association’s webcam situated about a mile east of Kirkby Field on Highway 1.

Turns out the AMA, and other provinces’ CAA bureaus each have this feature on their respective websites. There are dozens of cameras situated along major highways. Most of the cameras show the sky in 1, 2, or 3 different directions. Each camera’s link shows the air temp, road surface temp, wind speed and direction, and humidity.

This feature of the AMA’s website is one we can all use to get a better handle on the spot weather along or near any place that has a major highway nearby. I encourage you to take advantage of it if you can.

Here’s the link to Alberta’s highway cams: http://www.ama.ab.ca/road_report/camera/camera_station_main.htm

Hope this helps, and many thanks to Kay and Glen Clarke for bringing it up.

Also, for those who are unaware, there is a spot weather site at Didsbury at this link, as discovered by Ken Beanlands: http://weather.mydidsbury.ca/ (Ed. This site has saved me from numerous road trips from Calgary to Carstairs to discover that the weather was not appropriate for flying!)

Another useful site with a weather station located in west Calgary is www.wx.ca, which also has links to webcams around Calgary.