After a few days of tasting what actually amounted to seasonal weather, we’ll be back into a below-normal temperature regime through the rest of the work week. With little precipitation expected over the next few days, when will the warm weather return?
A rather strong Arctic high pressure system is building into the Prairies behind yesterday’s low pressure system that brought significant amounts of snow the Manitoba Parkland & Interlake regions while dumping 20–30mm of rainfall over the Red River Valley. While massive amounts of snow cover were lost over the weekend, portions of Western & Central Manitoba are looking decidedly whiter after as much as 30–40cm of snow fell on Monday and Tuesday.
1°C / -5°C
A few flurries tapering off this afternoon. Clearing overnight.
Here in the Red River Valley, the bulk of the precipitation fell as rain before switching over to light snow in yesterday evening. This morning we’re left with some flurries that, fortunately, shouldn’t really amount to much as they’re being formed in some lingering instability left behind the low pressure system that’s now pushed offshore into Hudson Bay. As the Arctic ridge builds in through the day, the increasing stability will slowly quash any remaining flurries. Temperatures will drop to around –5°C tonight as the cooler air continues to filter into the southern portions of the province.
Thursday & Friday
We’ll see the main axis of the Arctic ridge push through on Thursday which will keep our temperatures some 15°C below normal with a daytime high of only around 1°C under sunny skies. It will be another chilly night with overnight lows close to –5°C.
1°C / -4
Sunny.
8°C / -1°C
Mainly Sunny.
With the ridge past us on Friday, milder air will begin to push back into the region. We can expect just a few clouds and temperatures beginning to climb back towards normal, but only topping out at around 8°C. The overnight low on Friday night will dip just below the freezing mark.
A Look To The Weekend
This weekend looks quite pleasant with temperatures rebounding back into the mid-teens. A weak cold trough aloft is expected to linger near the region, so our temperatures may end up in the low-teens instead of the mid-to-high teens if it ends up setting up a little further west or north than currently forecast. While a potent system looks to affect Grand Forks & Fargo through the weekend, current indications are that this system will stay well to our south, just pushing some light cloud cover into the Red River Valley & SE Manitoba. There’s a slight chance areas in extreme SE Manitoba, such as Sprague, may see a light shower or two through the weekend.
