Winnipeg & the Red River Valley will spend the rest of the week struggling back towards seasonal temperatures as an abnormal mid-March blast of cold, Arctic air has left us significantly below our normal temperature of around 0°C.
Mainly sunny.
-10°C / -21°C
Mainly sunny.
-7°C / -16°C
Mainly sunny.
-5°C / -10°C
Very little is expected to change over our region through the next three days. The low that brought the blizzard to Southern Manitoba at the beginning of this week has stalled out over Ontario and while another low will be deepening in Alberta, everything will be somewhat “stuck” and we’ll remain under the ridge of high pressure between the two systems. With little motion and us sitting right under a ridge, winds will remain light and very little temperature advection will be occurring aloft. The upside to this situation is that we’ll see plenty of sun through the remainder of the week, and since that sun is now a late-March sun, it will be able to slowly work at warming up that big mass of air stuck over us. Thanks to this, temperatures will slowly rise through the week back towards more seasonal temperatures. While it may not be as warm as we’d like, you can at least get out there and enjoy the sunshine, light winds, and feel that sun working!
The Weekend
At this point, the weekend looks fairly benign: temperatures will climb close to 0°C for daytime highs and there’s a chance we’ll see some light snow on Saturday or Sunday. At this point, no significant storm system is expected, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled! Hopefully we’ll be able to close the book on this winter very soon.
