Heat and humidity give way to cooler and unsettled conditions, showers and thunderstorms possible.

 Much of southern sections of Manitoba have experienced a wild weekend full of heat and humidity, temperatures in Winnipeg soared to highs in the high 30’s yesterday with the humidity feeling more like the mid to high 40’s. 

This is the following information from Environment Canada on the heatwave from yesterday including records broken. Details here: https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html

Winnipeg Area 
New record of 37.0 
Old record of 33.3 set in 1888 
Records in this area have been kept since 1872 

Carberry Area 
New record of 35.7 
Old record of 33.5 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1962 

Carman Area 
New record of 36.9 
Old record of 32.8 set in 1911 
Records in this area have been kept since 1895 

Deerwood Area 
New record of 36.5 
Old record of 32.5 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1952 

Dominion City Area 
New record of 38.0 
Old record of 34.5 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1942 

Emerson Area ( 
New record of 38.0 
Old record of 34.5 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1893 

Fisher Branch Area 
New record of 33.8 
Old record of 32.5 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1960 

Gimli Area 
New record of 33.6 
Old record of 31.0 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1944 

Gretna Area 
New record of 36.9 
Old record of 34.5 set in 1988 
Records in this area have been kept since 1949 

Mccreary Area 
New record of 32.5 
Old record of 31.0 set in 1988 
Records in this area have been kept since 1968 

Melita Area 
New record of 34.8 
Old record of 31.7 set in 1938 
Records in this area have been kept since 1936 

Morden Area 
New record of 36.7 
Old record of 34.0 set in 1986 
Records in this area have been kept since 1895 

Oak Point Area 
New record of 33.8 
Old record of 32.0 set in 1986 
Records in this area have been kept since 1970 

Pilot Mound Area 
New record of 35.1 
Old record of 31.3 set in 1986 
Records in this area have been kept since 1938 

Pinawa Area 
New record of 35.3 
Old record of 33.3 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1915 

Pine Falls Area 
New record of 33.5 
Old record of 32.5 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1922 

Sprague Area 
New record of 34.8 
Old record of 34.4 set in 1933 
Records in this area have been kept since 1915 

Steinbach Area 
New record of 35.9 
Old record of 32.0 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial 
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/PASPC

Some wild weather, came through the interlakes however it was further north than I had previously expected. Regardless a pattern change can be expected to some cooler and more unsettled weather conditions. Read on to find out what that means. 

Above:) Forecast temperatures for the day on Tuesday. Much of southern Manitoba will be dealing with cooler weather on Tuesday thanks to a cold front moving through the region. This weather will be welcome after the heat we experienced. 

Tonight: An area of showers are currently moving through the red River valley and the southeast part of Manitoba, a cold front dragging southwards into the Dakotas with a warm front in Minnesota and NW Ontario will fuel a severe weather threat stateside. There’s a chance some of that activity could move northwards into southeastern Manitoba but that chance is low. Overnight tonight another low pressure system will swing into southwestern Manitoba, that will bring with it a batch of showers and embedded thunderstorms with it. There’s a chance they could stay strong as they move east into the red River valley where showers and a chance of thunderstorms are expected overnight into the morning. So mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies are expected overnight before showers move in from the west. Temperatures tonight will drop into the high teens. 

Tuesday: Showers and thundershowers are still possible into the early afternoon heading from the southwest to the southeast. Mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers take place throughout the south, with clearing west to east by late afternoon and early evening. A cold front will move through in the early afternoon hours.Temperatures will be fairly warm in the southeast with highs reaching the low 20’s before they drop into the mid to high teens for a majority of the region. (15-19C).  

Tuesday Night: Showers should clear out by the evening with high pressure moving into the region, overnight lows will drop around 10C in the western half of Manitoba, with lows elsewhere between 11 and 16C. No sign of significant weather for the period is expected. 

Wednesday: A building ridge of high pressure will begin to fill into our region, temperatures will begin to rise again with a strong southerly flow. A trough of low pressure however is forecast to move into the western half of Manitoba sparking the potential for showers and thunderstorms to develop later on in the day. There’s a possibility some of them may become severe, whether or not it’ll turn out is still yet to be determined. This far out it’s hard to tell. Temperatures are expected to rise into the low to mid 20’s with the warmest of the air expected in the southwest part of Manitoba and the pembina and red River valley. 

Wednesday Night: Expect a possible chance of showers and thunderstorms to persist into the early evening hours,  before clearing conditions. If thunderstorms don’t happen expect calm and mild weather conditions. Temperatures overnight on Wednesday night will drop into the mid to high teens. 

Second half of the week: It looks like the heat might return with more unsettled weather conditions possible, again it’s dependant on how far north the heat dome moves up. Regardless expect normal to above normal temperatures to return for the second half of the week with chances of showers or thunderstorms.