The Red River Valley will bask in the sunshine through the rest of the work week before a strong spring storm system moves into the area, bringing rain and snow for the weekend.
Unlike our friends to the west in Alberta, where a major winter storm is set to dump 15-25cm of snow through areas west of Highway 2 over the next two days, a ridge in place over Manitoba will keep skies clear and temperatures warm over the next few days, with plenty of sunshine and daytime highs of around 15°C and overnight lows around 2°C.
Our next weather system will move in this weekend, with an upper trough swinging eastwards across the Prairies. An area of rain will blossom in Saskatchewan through the day on Friday with rainfall intensifying through the day. Embedded thunderstorms may increase rainfall amounts for SK, but currently it looks like rainfall amounts of 20-40mm are possible for SE Saskatchewan, with some models painting as much as 75-85mm of rain! This system will track eastwards into Southern Manitoba through Friday night.
Southern Manitoba will be under the influence of this system through Saturday and Sunday, with some regions seeing rain changing over to snow on Sunday as cold air is wrapped into this system. Given the system’s intensity and its time out, we’ll wait to look at it in more detail on Friday when things are a bit clearer.
For now, get out there and enjoy that sunshine!
