A beautiful second half to the week is ahead for Winnipeg as an upper-level ridge building into the Prairies brings plenty of sun and warmth to the area!

It’s been a while, but the forecast today is finally short once again. The next few days will be great across Winnipeg and the Red River Valley as upper-level ridging clears skies and ushers warmer weather back into the region. Today will bring highs near 26°C to Winnipeg and area with mainly sunny skies until late in the afternoon. A very weak upper-trough moving through late in the day will bring a few clouds to the region and perhaps trigger an isolated evening shower, but the main chance will be north of the city and it’s not expected that Winnipeg or areas south have much of a chance of seeing any rain.

Temperatures will head to a low near 16°C tonight. Thursday and Friday will both be mild with high temperatures climbing towards 30°C on Friday. Both days will have plenty of sun; Thursday should bring nothing but sunshine while Friday brings partly cloudy skies. Winds will be out of the northwest today at 15-25 km/h, light on Thursday, and then increase out of the south on Friday to 20-30 km/h. Temperatures will dip down to around 17°C on Thursday night, but Friday will see a warmer overnight low near 20°C.

Long Range

Warm weather will continue throughout the weekend. A low pressure system moving through the Prairies on Saturday will bring increasing humidity and a risk of thunderstorms to much of Manitoba. For Winnipeg and the Red River Valley, the risk for storms will likely be in the late-afternoon and evening. Sunday will see northerly winds usher in drier air while temperatures return to near-seasonal values.

Next week looks to bring near-seasonal temperatures with a slight chance of some thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently 26°C while the seasonal overnight low is 13°C.