Seasonably Cool Weather Ahead This Week

Temperatures will stay seasonably cool this week in Winnipeg as a couple glancing systems bring chances of light snow.

RPDS 2m Temperature Forecast valid 18Z Thursday April 3, 2025
Seasonal temperatures will build into Winnipeg by Thursday, but a weak cold front will sweep through on Thursday evening.

After a cool start to the morning, breezy southeast winds develop as a warm front pushes north towards southern Manitoba. Temperatures will climb to a high near +2 °C this afternoon with southeast winds of 30–40 km/h gusting up to around 50 km/h. Skies will cloud over through the afternoon; this cloud cover will stick around into the night with a chance of flurries as the warm front moves through. Temperatures will dip down into the -5 to 0 °C range with southeast winds continuing near 20 km/h.

Wednesday will bring cloudy skies to the region as a strong low pressure system moves from the American Plains towards Lake Superior. Temperatures will climb to a high near +3 °C in Winnipeg with easterly winds near 20 km/h swinging around to the northwest through the day. There is a chance of light snow, but it will be contingent on the broader area of snow associated with the low to the south backing northwest all the way through the Red River Valley to Winnipeg. This is an uncertain proposition at this point, and even if the snow does make it this far north, accumulations should be minimal.

Temperatures will dip to the cold side of freezing on Wednesday night with skies staying cloudy.

The sun should appear again later Thursday as the low pressure system glancing by the region shifts off into eastern Canada. Temperatures should pop up to around 5 °C in the afternoon with northwest winds of 20–30 km/h. More cloud will move in later Thursday evening, though, as a cold front swings into the area from the northwest. Temperatures will dip into the -5 to 0 °C range on Thursday night with a chance of flurries.

Long Range Outlook

The cloud and chance of flurries will linger into Friday with temperatures gradually climbing back to the warm side of freezing. Clearing skies on Friday night coupled with a cooler air mass will likely send temperatures back down to around -10 °C by Saturday morning.

The weekend will bring variable cloudiness and cool weather to the Winnipeg area. Daytime highs will dip down to freezing by Sunday with chilly overnight lows.

Today’s seasonal daytime high in Winnipeg is 5 °C while the seasonal overnight low is -6 °C.

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Brad

Brad lives in Winnipeg with his wife and two children and is the founder of A Weather Moment. He has loved weather from a very young age and has followed that passion through his life so far. He received a B.Sc. in Earth Sciences with Specialization in Atmospheric Sciences and is currently employed in the field of meteorology. You can find the author as WeatherInThePeg on Mastodon.

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