A large low pressure system pushing across Northern Manitoba will drag a warmer air mass over the Red River Valley today bringing near-normal temperatures back to the region. The reprieve from cooler temperatures will be short-lived as a reinforcing blast of cold air will quickly push into the region in the wake of this system.
Warm weather will wash across the Red River Valley today as mainly sunny skies combined with warming temperatures aloft and a (somewhat breezy) south-westerly wind push the temperature up up up to…a seasonal 8°C. Yes, it’s a sad state of affairs when a potent low pressure system dragging a huge amount of warm air across the Prairies brings us to just seasonal temperatures. That being said, it will be a pleasant break from the cloudy, cool weather we’ve had over the past while.
The reprieve will be short-lived, though, as a cold front slices southwards this afternoon. It will push through the Red River Valley late in the afternoon bringing strong northwesterly winds and a chance of some scattered showers behind the front. This will mark the return of cooler weather back to the region. We’ll head to a low of around 0°C and areas in the lee of the lakes will see a continued chance of showers or flurries through the night as weak lake-effect precipitation is generated thanks to cooler air continuing to push in through the night.
8°C / 0°C
Mainly sunny with some afternoon cloud. Slight chance of late afternoon showers.
4°C / -2°C
A mix of sun and cloud.
3°C / -7°C
Mainly cloudy; snow or rain possible.
Saturday will bring a mix of sun and cloud here, with the morning on the sunnier side and the afternoon moving towards the cloudier side, in Winnipeg with chances of showers or flurries continuing in the lee of Lake Manitoba and the lee of Lake Winnipeg. There’s a very (very) slight chance of an isolated shower in the afternoon here in Winnipeg, but it won’t likely even be worth all the words I’ve already spent on it.
Saturday night will be partly cloudy with a low of around –2°C.
Sunday will be a mainly cloudy day as an upper trough slumps across the province. There may be a few sunny breaks, but for the most part things will be cloudy. There looks to be a chance at seeing some snow or rain, especially through the morning, but there’s still a fair amount of disagreement as to the amount of precipitation that will fall over the Red River Valley. At this point it looks about 50/50, although given the expected dynamics over the Western Prairies, I’d say that it’s more likely that we won’t see anything. The possibility is certainly there, though, and we’ll keep an eye on it as the day nears.
