Hot weather ahead, dry conditions persist.

 A large upper ridge over the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia will start building eastwards over the coming days, this will contribute to a hot and dry airmass that will eventually arrive in Manitoba. It has been so hot in western Canada that previous temperature records have been broken, the hottest temperature was in Lytton,BC where it reached 46.6C on Sunday. It broke the long-standing record of 45C in Middale Saskatchewan on July 5,1937. Read on to find out how hot will it get for the first half of the week and where the hottest temperatures will be in Manitoba. 

NAM Forecast Temperatures for Tuesday low 30’s possible in the southern half of Manitoba 😊

(Even though writing this at 4pm we still have weather to talk about for today). A small area of high pressure, is sitting over North Dakota and is expected to sit, over the northern plains over the coming days. Sunny and calm conditions are expected for the remaining of the day with temperatures soaring into the mid to high 20’s if not there already (24 to 28C). Winnipeg: Sunny high 26C. Brandon: Sunny, high 26C. Dauphin: Sunny high 25C. 

Monday Night: Mainly clear conditions are expected for the overnight period, into the overnight some cloud might filter into areas of southwestern Manitoba. No precipitation is expected however. A few showers are possible in the overnight hours in the parklands area of southwestern Manitoba. Overnight lows will drop into the mid teens for much of the region, (14C to 17C) a few exceptions may end up being over the Manitoba lakes where some regions along the lake shore could see the high teens (17 to 19C). Winnipeg: Clear, low 16C. Brandon: Partly cloudy, low 16C. Dauphin: Partly cloudy, low 17C. 

 Tuesday: As the ridge approaches Manitoba , temperatures will soar into the high 20’s (25 to 30C) with some areas seeing highs in the low 30’s (30 to 32C) particularly the inter lakes, areas west of and along the southern edges of lake Manitoba into the Red River Valley. Sunny skies are also likely for the afternoon, the airmass will also have fairly low dew point temperatures so the humidity will not be much of a factor. Winnipeg: Sunny high 30C. Brandon: Sunny high 29C. Dauphin: Sunny high 30C. 

Tuesday Night: A cold front will slowly move south into areas of central Manitoba and should be over the interlakes region by morning, however it will not impact our weather or temperatures. Nothing in the way of precipitation is expected, there may be a couple of clouds. However temperatures will remain surprisingly warm as the ridge moves east into Alberta/Saskatchewan. Manitoba overnight lows will only sit in the high teens (17 to 19C) some areas in the parklands may only drop to 20C, all thanks to a southwesterly to westerly wind. Winnipeg: Clear, low 19C. Brandon: Clear, low 18C. Dauphin: Clear low 19C. 

Wednesday: If anyone is looking for that good old summer weather, we’ll Wednesday is your day! Sunny skies are expected and generous warmth, all thanks to the long wave trough moving into Ontario and a ridge moving over Manitoba by the afternoon. Temperatures will soar into the low 30’s for the Red River valley, the interlakes, areas along and south of Neepawa west of lake Manitoba. Areas north of that will see highs in the high 20s to just at or below 30C. Winnipeg: Sunny high 33C. Brandon: Sunny high 33C. Dauphin: Sunny high 30C.  

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy skies are expected for a period overnight into Thursday in the interlakes regions only, partly cloudy skies are expected for the rest of the region. Overnight low temperatures will drop into the high teens for most (15 to 18C), with areas in southeastern Manitoba dropping only into the low 20’s (20 to 22C). Winnipeg: Clear low 20C. Brandon: Clear, low 18C, Dauphin: Clear low 16C. 

Second half of the Week: The ridge I often talked about for the early week will build east during the second half of the week, temperatures will still remain in the high twenties and the low 30’s. Overnight low temperatures will remain in the high teens. Little in the way of precipitation is expected for the second half of the week. *Please Pray for some well needed moisture we need it !! *