With summer in full swing across southern Manitoba, I’m taking a break after an extremely busy July in my personal life. I’ll be back in the second half of August with forecasts again, hopefully from a much more rested state.
Until then, enjoy the pleasant summer weather ahead. Keep up to date on the latest forecast over on ECCC’s site and be sure to check out @ECCCWeatherMB for the thunderstorm outlooks.
See you later and enjoy the sunshine!
A low pressure system crossing the province will bring hot and unsettled conditions to southern Manitoba today. The heat will be short-lived, though, as a cold front ushers seasonal temperatures back into the region for Wednesday.
In the wake of a warm front that moved through overnight, temperatures will soar into the upper 20s and low 30s across southern Manitoba today. Alongside the heat, humidity levels will also climb through the day, reaching fairly muggy levels by the evening.
Thunderstorm activity will be the most notable, and challenging, weather of the day. There will be several features moving through the region that that may support thunderstorms today. The first will be an area of showers and thunderstorms — the remnants of overnight convection — that will continue eastwards through the Interlake. This activity will weaken as the morning progresses. While most of it should stay north of the Red River Valley, the southern edge might clip along the Trans-Canada Highway corridor. The second feature will be the warm front itself, which may have some ongoing thunderstorms along it this morning. Any activity along it should shift eastwards into the Whiteshell and then weaken.
Once all the morning activity pushes out, the Red River Valley will see more sun as things heat up. Later in the day, a risk of severe thunderstorms will develop as several features begin pushing across southern Manitoba. Both the low centre, warm-sector trough, and cold front could support thunderstorm development later today. The heat and humidity will combine with favourable winds aloft to pose a notable risk of severe weather.
The combination of energy (from the humidity and instability) and shear (from how winds change with height) is highly favourable for severe thunderstorm activity across southern Manitoba today. The biggest uncertainty with storms in the afternoon/evening will be whether or not they actually develop. A layer of warm air aloft will keep storms down until late in the day. It seems likely that the forcing will be strong enough by evening for isolated to scattered thunderstorm development. The activity will likely begin in the southwest and push into the Red River Valley. These thunderstorms would be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, damaging hail, and torrential rain. In addition, an isolated tornado or two may be possible with these thunderstorms as well.
The last unknown related to thunderstorm development will be exactly how warm temperatures end up. Satellite imagery yesterday evening showed a fair amount of high-level smoke moving eastwards from fires over southern British Columbia. If that smoke inhibits temperatures even a couple degrees, that could be enough to thwart thunderstorm development. All those things being taken into account, the weather later today is a bit of an unknown. It will be important to stay up to date on any watches or warnings issued by ECCC later today.
The thunderstorm threat will diminish in the evening as temperatures fall to a low in the mid-teens. Winnipeg will see pleasant conditions on Wednesday with clearing skies, breezy northwest winds, and a high in the low 20s. On Thursday, breezy southerlies will push a warm front northwards and send highs back into the upper 20s. Thursday night might be very warm with southerlies continuing and lows warmer than 20 °C possible.
Friday could bring some morning showers or thunderstorms to the Red River Valley, followed by mixed skies and a high in the upper 20s again. It might also get humid on Friday as well. A cold front will sweep through by Friday evening, ushering cooler temperatures back into the region for the weekend. Highs will likely sit in the low 20s with lows in the low to mid-teens on Saturday and Sunday. A few showers might be possible on Sunday as well.
Next week is looking like it will start off with near-seasonal temperatures and plenty of sunshine.
Today’s seasonal daytime high in Winnipeg is 26 °C while the seasonal overnight low is 13 °C.
Winnipeg will see summer heat return with temperatures climbing back towards the 30 °C mark before unsettled conditions close out the weekend.
An upper ridge moving into the region will push warmer weather into southern Manitoba as the sunshine continues. Winnipeg will see a near-seasonal high in the upper 20s today, but temperatures will climb to 30 °C on Saturday. Humidity levels should stay fairly comfortable through both days. The combination of the upper ridging and a surface-level ridge will keep skies sunny for the next couple days.
Overnight lows will rise from the mid-teens to the upper teens over the next couple nights.
On Sunday, a low pressure system will move across southern Manitoba and pull a cold front southwards through the region. Skies will be cloudier with scattered showers or thunderstorms possible across the region. Most of the organized rain will likely fall across the Interlake region with 5–15 mm possible to the north of Winnipeg. Temperatures will be much cooler with highs in the low 20s as breezy northwest winds develop behind the low. Temperatures will head down into the mid-teens on Sunday night with clearing skies and easing winds.
Next week will bring variable cloudiness and near-seasonal temperatures. No major rain events are in the forecast, but there may be a few chances for scattered showers or thunderstorms through the week.
Today’s seasonal daytime high in Winnipeg is 26 °C while the seasonal overnight low is 13 °C.
A northwesterly flow will bring seasonably cool and showery weather to southern Manitoba this week.
An upper low slumping from northern Manitoba towards Lake of the Woods will usher a northwest flow into Manitoba and bring seasonably cool temperatures to the region. Today will start off with showers ending early, followed by mixed skies with more showers likely later in the morning and into the afternoon. A few thunderstorms may even develop in the afternoon, but no organized severe weather threat will exist with them. Temperatures will climb into the low to mid-20s this afternoon with a northwest wind increasing to 30 gusting 50 km/h.
The showers will taper off in the evening with the loss of daytime heating. Partly cloudy skies will linger overnight with a low in the mid-teens.
On Wednesday, the upper low will drag a trough southwards over the Red River Valley, bringing more showers to the region. Temperatures will be even cooler with a high only around 20 °C. The region will see breezy northerly winds again through the day. The showers will taper off in the evening, but some cloud will continue to linger into the night. Temperatures will dip down into the low teens overnight.
The whole disturbance will begin to move off from the region on Thursday. Winnipeg should see mixed clouds with just a small chance of any more rain showers. Temperatures will climb back into the low 20s with light northerly winds. Skies should finally clear out by Thursday evening as a ridge of high pressure builds into the region. Temperatures will head to an overnight low in the low teens again on Thursday night.
The heat returns for the weekend with highs climbing back to seasonal or seasonably warm values. There should be plenty of sunshine and little chance of rain. Overnight lows will also warm substantially, climbing back into the upper teens.
If the next few days of cooler, showery weather isn’t your cup of tea, don’t worry! The summer heat is right around the corner.
Today’s seasonal daytime high in Winnipeg is 26 °C while the seasonal overnight low is 13 °C.
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