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Summer Sizzler For The Game 6 Winnipeg Whiteout Street Party

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Temperatures will soar into the upper 20’s in Winnipeg today, bringing the first taste of summer for fans heading downtown to cheer on the Jets!

Winnipeg will see light southerly winds with temperatures soaring to a high near 29°C today. Skies will remain sunny with southwesterly winds of 10 to 20 km/h for much of the day, but a cold front slumping southwards will move through Winnipeg this evening, bringing northerly winds near 30 km/h, slightly cooler temperatures, and some cloud cover.

Winnipeg Jets Whiteout Party!
If you’re heading downtown for the Jets game tonight, you’ll be in for some great conditions. Starting around 6PM, temperatures downtown will be near 26°C with light winds. The cold front will push through around 7 or 8PM, bringing northerly winds of 15-25 km/h and cooling temperatures to around 18°C by 10PM. A bit of cloud cover will move in through the evening, producing mixed to mostly cloudy skies by late in the evening. It looks like everything should remain dry with the cold front not likely bringing any rain to the city.

This warm weather will come with a risk, though. Extremely dry conditions continue, and as yesterday’s fire on Wilkes showed, it doesn’t take much to start a blaze.1 Relative humidity values will be under 20% today, continuing to present a significant fire hazard.

RDPS 2m Temperature Forecast valid 21Z Monday May 7, 2018
Hot conditions with temperatures nearing the 30°C mark will be in place over southern Manitoba on Monday afternoon

The latter half of tonight will bring cloudy skies to the city with temperatures dipping to a low near 12°C.

Tuesday will bring mixed to mostly cloudy skies to Winnipeg. Temperatures will be much cooler than Monday, but still quite pleasant with a high near 19°C. Winds will remain breezy out of the northeast at 20 to 30 km/h. Beginning in early evening, a chance for showers or thunderstorms will develop through the Red River Valley that will persist through the night. Activity isn’t necessarily expected to be significant or widespread, but a little activity is possible as a low pressure system moves through the province. Winnipeg should see a low near 12°C on Tuesday night.

GDPS 10m Wind Forecast valid 00Z Thursday May 10, 2018
Breezy conditions will develop in Winnipeg behind a cold front that moves through the area on Wednesday afternoon

Wednesday will marked by breezy northerly winds in the wake of a cold front that moves through early in the afternoon. Temperatures will climb to a high near 18°C before the front moves through, then cool to the low-teens through the afternoon. Winds will pick up out of the north behind the front, strengthening to 30 to 40 km/h. On the bright side, the northerly winds will clear out the cloud in the Red River Valley, bringing mainly clear skies for Wednesday night with a low near +3°C.

Long Range Outlook

The remainder of the week will bring cooler temperatures and variable cloudiness. Unfortunately, no significant rain is on the horizon, so the dry weather continues.

Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently 18°C while the seasonal overnight low is 4°C.

  1. Numerous witnesses on scene reported sparks from a passing train as the igniter for the fires. No formal announcement had been made yet at the time of writing. ↩

Beautiful Weekend Ahead for Winnipeg

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Winnipeg will see a cool Friday to round out the work week, but sunshine and warm temperatures return for the weekend.

Temperatures will be cool today as Winnipeg remains in cool air brought south behind yesterday’s cold front. Skies will cloud over early this morning then clear sometime mid- to late afternoon. Winnipeg’s high temperature will only reach around 12°C, tempered by cool northwesterly winds of 30 gusting 50 km/h that will persist until evening.

Tonight will be chilly as a ridge of high pressure brings clear skies and a low near -1°C.

An upper-level ridge will build into the Priaries this weekend, bringing warmer temperatures.

Things turn around quickly for the weekend though. An upper ridge building into the Prairies will bring sunny skies both Saturday and Sunday. Southerly winds will draw warmer air into the region with highs reaching 15°C on Saturday and a mild 23°C on Sunday. Winds will become more pronounced as the weekend progresses. Saturday will see southerly winds strengthen to 20 to 30 km/h. Sunday will bring southerly winds of 30 to 40 km/h.

Long Range Outlook

As we’ve mentioned several times over the past week, the beginning of next week will see a rather complex low pressure system lift out of the northern Plains into the Prairies. Details are still hazy, but the general idea is beginning to come into focus.

At this point, it looks like Winnipeg will see a chance of showers or thunderstorms on Monday morning. Most models are showing an area of thunderstorms developing over southeastern Saskatchewan on Sunday night that spreads eastwards. There’s still significant uncertainty in exactly where everything will set up, but in general Winnipeg will see cloudier, unsettled weather on Monday and Tuesday.

Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently 15°C while the seasonal overnight low is 2°C.

A Mix of Spring Weather Ahead

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Winnipeg will see temperatures return to near-seasonal values to start a week that will see temperatures go on a bit of a roller coaster.

Winnipeg will see a whole bunch of sunshine today with temperatures climbing to a high near 14°C. It will be a bit breezy with northwesterly winds of 20 to 30 km/h in place behind a cold front that passed through late yesterday. Some cloud cover will begin working into the region late in the day and bring cloudier skies for much of the night. The cloud should clear out early Tuesday morning as temperatures head to a low near 0°C.

Temperatures in the Red River Valley will be slightly cooler on Tuesday as an area of high pressure moves through, but warmer weather is quickly spreading eastwards across the Prairies behind it.

Tuesday will bring sunny skies to southern Manitoba as a ridge of high pressure moves through. With light winds and a high near 11°C, Winnipeg will see a slightly cooler-than-seasonal, but overall pleasant, spring day. Temperatures will dip to a low near +3°C on Tuesday night.

A low pressure system tracking through the northern Prairies on Wednesday will bring warm and windy weather back to the region. Temperatures will climb to a high near 19°C, but south to southwesterly winds of 40 to 50 km/h will develop in the Red River Valley.

These strong winds and continued dry weather1 will produce potentially dangerous fire conditions in the valley.

Strong winds will spread into the Red RIver Valley on Wednesday afternoon.

Skies will cloud over through the day followed by winds easing in the evening. After a few hours of calm, a cold front will push southwards through the Red River Valley, bringing a slight chance of showers to the region as it moves through followed by breezy northerly winds of 30 to 40 km/h. Temperatures will head towards a low near +4°C.

Long Range Outlook

Temperatures will continue on a roller coaster through the remainder of the work week. After Wednesday’s mild conditions, Thursday will bring significantly cooler temperatures to the region with highs falling back to seasonal to below-seasonal values. The fall is short, though, with temperatures rebounding back towards the 20°C mark through Friday and Saturday. At this point, the weekend is looking beautiful with temperatures in the upper teens or low 20’s and variable cloudiness.

What Winnipeg won’t see much of, though, is rain. Chances for precipitation continue to look minimal. At this point, it looks like the next chance for accumulating rainfall will be early next week; weather models are forecasting a rather complicated storm system pushing into southern Manitoba from Montana on Monday through Wednesday.

For now, enjoy the warmth and sunshine!

Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently 13°C while the seasonal overnight low is +1°C.

  1. Relative humidity values on Wednesday are forecast to hover around 20%. ↩

Variable Cloudiness With Temperatures Inching Towards Seasonal

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Winnipeg will see variable cloudiness over the coming days with temperatures inching ever so slowly back towards warmer, more seasonal values.

Today will bring increasing cloudiness to Winnipeg as a weak warm front drops southwards through the province.1 Temperatures will climb a fair amount from today’s chilly start to a high near -6°C. The northwesterly wind will be unpleasant, though, strengthening even further to 40 gusting 60 km/h. This moderate wind will create wind chill values near -25 to -30 this morning and -15 to -20 this afternoon.2 There may be a slight chance of some light flurries, but they would be unremarkable if they happen. The wind will taper off quickly this evening as skies clear and temperatures drop to a low near -17°C.

RDPS MSLP & 2m Wind Speed (kt) valid 21Z Friday April 6, 2018
Friday will bring moderate northwesterly winds to the Red River Valley as a ridge of high pressure moves in from the west

A ridge of high pressure will move over the province for Saturday and bring mainly sunny skies and light winds. Temperatures will climb to a high near -4°C, then drop down to a low near -13°C as cloud cover begins to move in on Saturday night.

Sunday will bring more cloud to the region, largely spreading across southern Manitoba from a low pressure system tracking across the Dakotas. Conditions look dry and winds will be relatively light out of the northeast. Temperatures will inch a bit warmer yet again with a high temperature around -2°C. Sunday night will bring gradual clearing to Winnipeg and the Red River Valley with temperatures falling to around -13°C.

Long Range Outlook

Next week is looking like a bit of a mixed bag. Temperatures will continue to climb towards seasonal, but the trend is still looking like slightly below-normal temperatures. Perhaps there’s some solace that daytime highs should climb above 0°C for the week. Heading into the end of the work week, the chance for precipitation ramps up with most models suggesting some rain or snow on Friday into Friday night.

Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently 7°C while the seasonal overnight low is -4°C.

  1. Yes, we’re in such a depressing weather pattern that warmer air has made it all the way from the Atlantic westwards across the Arctic and is now dropping southwards into Manitoba from Nunavut. ↩
  2. I really don’t want to be talking about wind chill values near -30 in April… ↩