After a nice weekend, we’re in for a nasty work-week. More rain and chilly temperatures are on the way.
Rain is expected in south-eastern Manitoba on Monday
Monday
Monday
9°C / 5°C
Rain
Today will see rainy weather return, or continue, in southern Manitoba, depending on where you live. Western sections of the province should remain mostly dry, but south-eastern sections will be getting wet, as another strong weather system moves up from the south. Rainfall accumulations of 10-20mm are expected in Winnipeg with 15-25mm in areas south-east of the city, including Steinbach. Locally higher amounts are possible in the south-east corner of Manitoba where heavier rain bands will likely develop. The rain will be accompanied by a strong northerly wind, just adding to the misery!
Tuesday
Tuesday
9°C / -1°C
Mix of Sun and Cloud. Chance of Showers.
There may be some lingering rain showers on Tuesday morning in south-eastern Manitoba, and some more pop-up showers in the afternoon, but generally speaking Tuesday will be a dry day. It will also be a fairly crummy day, with a cool airmass of Arctic origins surging southward into the province. High temperatures aren’t likely to crack the double digits in most areas.
Wednesday
Wednesday
8°C / -2°C
Mix of Sun and Cloud. Chance of Showers.
Wednesday will see a continuation of Tuesday’s nasty, cool conditions, with even colder Arctic air surging southward. Once again, temperatures are not expected to reach double-digits, except for maybe far western sections of southern Manitoba. Pop-up showers may develop in the afternoon, just to cap things off!
Long Range
We should see temperatures return to near normal values by the end of the week into the weekend, however no above-normal weather is in store for the foreseeable future.
Summer weather will continue to elude us as a complicated weather pattern is set to bring more unsettled weather this week. A series of moderate to strong disturbances will move through Southern Manitoba, each bringing a chance for rain. The first major disturbance looks to move through on Tuesday, with a second major disturbance coming through on Wednesday night.
The forecast surface weather pattern on Monday afternoon
At this point it appears that each of these pieces of energy will just bring light to moderate rain to parts of southern Manitoba. However, there is always the potential for heavier amounts if convective elements (i.e. thunderstorms) become embedded within the larger area of rain. These disturbances will be coming in from the south-west along a strong jet stream.
This strong jet may also be the focus for severe thunderstorms in the US Great Plains this week, so you may wish to keep tabs on that if you’re a thunderstorm enthusiast!
Monday
Monday
12°C / 5°C
Mix of Sun and Cloud
Today will be seasonably cool, with high temperatures in the low teens. Skies will be a mixture of sun and cloud to mainly cloudy, but at least no precipitation is expected. There will be a breezy south wind during the day, but it shouldn’t be quite as windy as it was on the weekend.
Tuesday
Tuesday
15°C / 6°C
Mainly Cloudy. Showers.
Tuesday is expected to feature showers in much of southern Manitoba. There is also a slight risk of a thundershower, which may lead to isolated pockets of heavier rain. Temperatures will be in the low to mid teens with a south wind once again.
Wednesday
Wednesday
15°C / 2°C
Mainly Cloudy. Chance of Showers.
Wednesday will be, you guessed it, unsettled once again, with the threat of showers remaining in southern Manitoba. Temperatures will be in the low teens, with a light northerly wind.
Long Range
The long range forecast suggests we’ll see warmer temperatures this weekend. By warmer, we’re talking probably upper teens or maybe low twenties. It won’t be anything spectacular, but those values will feel quite warm considering the weather we’ve seen as of late.
Cool, showery weather will round out another week of below-normal temperatures in the Red River Valley. Unfortunately, we won’t see any significant warming through the next few days, keeping our daytime highs 3-6°C below seasonal1.
The RDPS shows convectively driven rainfall this evening through much of Southern Mantioba.
The weather over the next several days will be dominated by a series of disturbances sliding southeastwards across the province ahead of an incoming cold low aloft. The upper-level flow will keep us locked in cooler air until early next week – at the least – until any sort of significant shift in the overall weather pattern may begin to allow more seasonal warmth to begin working it’s way towards the province.
Friday
Friday
12°C / 2°C
Early morning showers ending then a slight chance of showers through the day. More showers in the evening.
We’ll see a few lingering showers from the overnight period this morning as a low pressure system exits the Red River Valley into Minnesota. The organized preciptiation should taper off fairly early this morning, leaving us with some mixed skies and temperatures on their way to a high of around 11°C.
A weak trough line will extend along a NW/SE line through the Red River Valley, and it’s possible that we may see a few disorganized showers through the day as a result of the daytime heating. If anything develops, it will likely be short-lived and relatively unremarkable thanks to fairly limited low-level instability.
Another low pressure system will slide along the trough line into the Red River Valley this evening, bringing with it another batch of showers. The instability associated with this second low looks rather decent, and if it arrives early in the evening while we’re still near our daytime high, the showers that develop – in particular further to the southwest near the Turtle Mountains and eastwards towards the Pembina Valley – could intensify enough to become a few thunderstorms. There’s no real risk of severe weather, but at this point I think that any sign of summer, even a thundershower or thunderstorm, would be a welcome sight to most people.
The Weekend
Saturday
8°C / -1°C
A few early morning showers, then mainly sunny.
Sunday
10°C / 0°C
Mainly sunny.
Saturday will start out similar to Friday morning, plus or minus a couple hours, as a few showers right underneath the upper-level disturbance associated with Friday night’s low pressure system exit out of the Red River Valley. We’re in for the coolest day of the weekend with a high of only around 8°C as a northerly flow continues to push unseasonal Arctic air southwards over the region. There will be some afternoon cloud that pops up and it should stay at that; the overall level of instability will be quite a bit less than Friday. Saturday night will be another late-season sub-zero night with temperatures dropping to -1 or -2°C through the Red River Valley under clear skies.
Sunday will feature light winds and mainly sunny skies with temperatures climbing to around 11°C. Some cloud cover looks to push in through the evening hours and we’ll see an overnight low near 0°C.
Next Week
The start of next week looks cool with mixed skies for much of the first half of the week. Early indications are that a series of low pressure systems tracking through the Northern Plains will bring showers to Southern Saskatchewan and perhaps southwestern Manitoba, however a blocking ridge will shunt precipitation southwards into the States, leaving us with cool, dry weather and variable cloud. The NAEFS2 continues to predict below-normal temperatures in the 8-14 day range.
Seasonal daytime highs over the next few days sit around 16-17°C. ↩
The NAFES continues to forecast below-normal temperatures.
Those looking for warmer, summer-like weather are going to have to look elsewhere as the unsettled, below-normal temperatures we’ve become so familliar are set to continue through the next week or two.
Wendesday
10°C / 1°C
Mixed skies with a chance of showers.
Thursday
10°C / 0°C
Mainly sunny.
Friday
10°C / 0°C
Increasing cloud; chance of showers.
We’ll see mixed skies today as cloud cover pushes westwards from Northern Ontario as the Colorado Low that’s been the genesis for the massive tornado outbreak in the Deep South over the past few days. Closer to home the weather won’t be dangerous in the least; we’ll see just a slight chance of some shower activity pushing into the Red River Valley from the east. We’ll see a high near 9 or 10°C with winds out of the north at 30 gusting 50km/h. Things will clear out tonight as we drop to around 0°C.
Thursday will be quite similar to Tuesday: mainly sunny, a high near 10°C and a bit of a wind out of the east. Otherwise quite unremarkable. We’ll drop to near 0°C on Thursday night.
Friday will bring the next batch of slightly unsettled weather as a disturbance slumps southeastwards out of the Northern Prairies. Our temperature will once again climb to around 10°C, but we’ll see more cloud than sun and what, at this point, looks to be a decent chance of some more shower activity. Expect a low near – surprise! – 0°C once again.
Cool Weekend
Things become sunnier for the weekend, but temperatures don’t look to improve for the weekend. Any potentially lingering shower activity will move off on Saturday morning, leaving us with some sunshine and a high near 9°C. Sunday will be mainly sunny with a high near 10 or 11°C.
The below-normal temperatures[1] will continue through the next week. Another chance for rainfall looks to move into the region early next week as a low pressure system works it’s way thorugh the Northern Plains of the United States.
Normal daytime highs for this time of year are around 16°C. ↩
