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.
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.
