Spring Weather finally arrives, Let the Melting Begin ❄️🌊

I have seen signs of positive change in the weather pattern and finally there is hope on the horizon, our polar vortex (Above) which sat over much of the Canadian prairies has finally retreated into the North Pole and Greenland. Some of that cold air will be filtering backwards into Russia, what that means for us is warm pacific air will start moving into our area and we should start noticing the difference over the next few days. Find out how warm it will get, and find out if this trend will last. This outlook is for Tuesday and Wednesday as well as Thursday.

Tuesday: An approaching low pressure system will be moving into Saskatchewan on Tuesday, ahead of it an area of clouds will filter in during the day. No significant weather is expected, until the late afternoon hours when rain and freezing rain will move in from west to east. The risk of freezing rain appears to only be in the interlakes and parklands region. With this system there will be accumulations of 5-10mm of rain. One of the previous weather models I saw mentioned a chance at thundershowers the other day , however that isn’t much of a possibility anymore. As for temperatures highs around the freezing mark, to a few degrees above zero degrees are likely (-2C to +2C)The only areas that may not see highs above zero are in the parklands and the interlakes. 

Tuesday Night: The low pressure system I mentioned will likely exit the province by the mid to late evening, behind it patchy freezing drizzle or rain is possible. Cloudy skies will be in place and a westerly flow will establish itself, with temperatures remaining above zero overnight in the south the only exception being the interlakes and over the Manitoba lakes where lows will sit in the high minus single digits (-2C to -4C). 

Wednesday: Should be a beautiful day, despite cloudcover being out, our daytime high temperatures will soar into the low to mid plus single digits (0 to 4C), the warmth will envelop the interlake regions as well. 

Wednesday Night: A trough of low pressure will swing through behind the low pressure system that affected us on Tuesday, as it does so a brief narrow swath of flurries and snow will move through from Nw to SE. Only a brief 2-4cm is expected. Temperatures will drop into the low to mid minus single digits (-1 to -5C). Not much in the way of windchill will be a factor. 

Thursday: The Beautiful slightly warmer weather continues and our temperatures will rise again above zero for much of the southern half. The only exception being the interlakes where our highs will sit in the low to mid minus single digits (-1 to -3C). Thursday Night will offer low temperatures in the low to mid minus single digits under cloudy skies. (-1C to -4C). 

The weekend: Signs are that this warmer than average trend will continue into the weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday all show temperatures remaining in the low to mid plus single digits and overnight lows in the low to mid minus single digits (0 to -6C).. There’s a possibility some areas near the extreme SW corner of Manitoba will see highs above 5C. We’ll see if that continues to show on future models. 

Enjoy the melt and the beginning of spring. ❤️❤️. 

Bonus Treat:

Here’s a small snapshot of all the snow that’s left to melt in my yard. ❤️❤️❤️