After a couple cooler and unsettled days, sunnier skies and warmer weather will build back into southern Manitoba this weekend.

To wrap up the work week, Winnipeg will start the day with mixed skies and a slight chance of showers. A weak disturbance over the region this morning will bring that chance of unsettled weather, but it will dissipate as the day wears on. Winnipeg will likely see mixed skies continue into the afternoon as temperatures climb to around 20 °C.

Temperatures will head to a low in the 5–10 °C range tonight with light winds and clear skies.

Heading into the weekend, an upper ridge will build across the Prairies, bringing heat back to the region. Southerly winds will increase into the 20–30 km/h range on Saturday with highs pushing back into the mid-20s. The city should see partly cloudy to mixed skies through much of Saturday, but no chance of rain.

Winds will ease on Saturday night as skies clear and temperatures head down into the low teens.

On Sunday, temperatures will climb back up into the upper 20s with light winds and sunny skies. It will cool down overnight back to the low teens again.

Long Range Outlook

The upper ridge will continue to pump heat into the region to start next week, sending daytime highs close to around 30 °C. Much of next week will bring seasonably hot conditions with highs mainly in the 25–30 °C range.

There’s little to no chance of rain until the second half of the week, but the most likely chance for rain will develop towards the weekend when the upper ridge begins to break down and cooler temperatures begin to push back into southern Manitoba.

Today’s seasonal daytime high in Winnipeg is 20 °C while the seasonal overnight low is 8 °C.