Winnipeg & the Red River Valley will see one more day of unsettled weather before warmer, drier weather moves in for the weekend.

Wet weather is on the way this morning as a low pressure system passes through the Red River Valley, bringing showers with the risk of a thunderstorm across the region. All the rain should move out by midday with just a very slight chance of isolated showers through the afternoon as the cloud breaks up a bit. Temperatures will climb to a high near 18°C with a gusty northwesterly wind increasing to 20-30 km/h in the afternoon. Clouds will scatter tonight as we head to a low near 9°C. There will, however, be some lake effect showers streaming off the lee of the lakes, so depending on the exact wind direction, areas to the south-southeast to east-southeast of both Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba may see some additional cloud and shower activity into Saturday morning.

Saturday will be a pleasant day with light winds and partly cloudy skies.¹ Temperatures will rebound to around 20°C for a high. Clouds will begin moving in on Saturday evening for a mostly cloudy night with low temperatures dipping to around 12°C.

Sunday will bring mixed skies to Winnipeg & the Red River Valley with gusty southerly winds developing ahead of an incoming low pressure system. Temperatures will be warm, with highs climbing to around 24 or 25°C. Sunday night will continue fairly cloudy with a chance of showers. Temperatures will dip to around 11°C.

Long Range

The start of next week looks quite cool as a cold front pushes through on Monday bringing distinctly fall-like weather as cool Arctic air pushes into the region. Daytime highs in the mid-teens look quite possible for the first couple days next week before temperatures rebound back towards seasonal mid-week.

Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently 20°C while the seasonal overnight low is 7°C.