Building Ridge to Bring Warmer Weather

A large ridge of high-pressure will be building off the West Coast and will gradually shift east with areas of low pressure travelling north of the Ridge. A building ridge will allow for our temperatures to finally reach the twenties! Yes you heard that right 20 Degrees!

Southern Manitoba is going to be transitioning out of a cooler than normal pattern that we’ve experienced in the past month and a half . The only catch is that is that we will not be getting a lot of humidity coming into the province until the middle of the week next week. Until then  looks to be fairly dry for dewpoints only staying in the Zero to 12C range. 

The night ahead tonight winds will shift to the east.  Expect our temperatures to be warmer than average with overnight lows dropping between five and 10°C for much of southern Manitoba with a few areas possibly dipping closer to the 1 to 3 celcius mark. There may be a few showers in the Interlake region overnight maybe a few rumbles of thunder also. 

Expect mainly clear to partly cloudy skies over night with some heavier cloud in the Interlake region. Manitoba will be fairly lucky as a stronger system will be bypassing us to the northern plains particularly in North Dakota and South Dakota.

On the day Saturday should be a fairly sunny day there may be a couple clouds are that develop in the afternoon with a couple of  cloud patches. Wind will shift gradually throughout the day to the south high temperatures on the day Saturday are expected to be in the high teens to mid 20C range. Winnipeg expect a high temperature of 23°C, and for the city of Brandon expect a high temperature of 22 Celsius. All thanks to the presence of high pressure continues to build into the province. 

On Saturday night low temperatures will drop into the mid to high single digits range. With some forested areas in the white shell and in northern and central regions of the province may see temperatures drop into the 10 to 12°C range. Overnight low for Brandon expect a temperature of 7°C and for the city of Winnipeg expect a low of 9°C. The winds will be lights out of the south overnights which should keep temperatures fairly mild for much of the province. 

Those looking for warm temperatures Sunday is your day, High temperatures look to reach the low to mid 20s or even warmer 25-26C where the red is. Thanks to the warm southerly flow expected, you can look at the wind barbs the feathered ends so where the wind is coming from and the ends with the small dots tell where the wind is going.

For those who are looking for the warmest temperatures of the year so far Sunday looks to be that day! High temperatures will be in the Low to mid 20°C range. For Winnipeg you can expect a temperature of 24C and for Brandon expect a high temperature of 23C. The winds also will be out of the south so should help fuel our temperatures to be above seasonal . Also 500 MB height winds for the day on Sunday will be out of the south, which shows a strong flow of warm southerly air coming in to the Province. 

One more thing to note this week is that our overnight lows will be warming up. Much of the province on Sunday night will be in the 7 to 12C range. Low of 11C for Winnipeg, and a low of 12C for Brandon.  That means warm overnight lows and a very low risk frost. As cloud cover increases on Sunday night it,  will keep the temperatures warmer than normal. 

The week ahead looks to be well above average high temperatures will be in the mid to high 20° range for much of the week. The winds also will be out of the south and increasing moisture coming into the province, I already see dewpoints approaching the province that are in the 12 to 18C range that are situated in Saskatchewan for the beginning of the week. Justin and I are monitoring the possibilities for showers or thundershowers but looks like a small chance for the middle of the week.