Colder Weather Ending, Warmer Weather arriving. ❤️❤️

 I know how all of you are thinking; this week and past several days has been a cold one. It is no surprise as much of our region has been locked in a cold airmass, as part of the polar vortex broke off and plunged into much of central and northern Canada. Can you brave one more day of cold weather?? Southern sections of Manitoba will likely experience one more day of cold temperatures before we finally reach some mild December temperatures, how will this happen, how warm will we get, how long will this last for??  Read on to find out more in the latest blog. 

Thursday: The warmth will be likely to take some time to move into southern Manitoba, Thursday will be one of the last coldest days of the week we will still be under the influence of arctic high pressure which will cause our daytime high temperatures to still sit below normal. It’s not until Friday that high pressure system moves east and will establish a southerly flow over our region. Sunny skies are likely during the day today with high temperatures rising into the low minus teens along and south of the trans Canada highway all the way to the American border from Sask border to the Ontario border. Mainly in extreme far southwest regions will be near -10C. Areas further north in the parklands and in the interlakes and Manitoba Lakes will see values in the low to mid minus teens windchills closer to the -25C mark. 

Thursday Night: The coldest weather will likely hit us tonight before a reprieve on Friday, much of southern sections of Manitoba tonight will likely see low temperatures in the mid to high minus teens and low minus twenties especially in western sections of Manitoba along the escarpment. Partly cloudy skies are likely with much of the region seeing some periods of heavier cloud. 

Friday: Much of that warmth I promised you will finally be moving into our area, thanks to a southerly flow on the east side of high pressure. A warm front will also be advancing north ahead of low pressure. High temperatures will likely rise into the low to mid minus single digits for most. The only exception will be areas over the Manitoba lakes where values will sit in the low to mid minus teens. Windchills will be in the low to mid minus teens for most, the only areas with colder windchills will be the Manitoba lakes where that will likely be in the high minus teens. 

Friday Night: Much of southern sections of Manitoba won’t cool down much on Friday night as we sit on the western side of a high pressure system. A batch of cloud should work its way west to east during the evening with clearing in the southwest but remaining cloudy in the southeast. Also a trough will move through on Friday night. Another round of snowfall is likely with varying intensity and snowfall rates, however only 2-5cm is likely and mainly areas from Portage La Prairie, Winnipeg, east to the Ontario border up into the Gimli and Ashern areas can expect to see snowfall. Blowing snow may be an issue as well because this system will be bringing gusts up to 10-30knots which is 30-50km/h. See photo above, for reference. Temperatures will rise into the low to mid minus single digits on Friday night. Barely any windchill. 

Saturday: During the day Saturday, for those in the eastern sections snow will continue with blowing snow and travel difficult in the extreme southeast part of Manitoba. Flurries are likely for a good part of south central Manitoba and interlakes on Saturday. Temperatures will rise into the high minus single digits close to 0C in the south central and southeast part of Manitoba, areas in the southwest and west will drop into the high minus single digits. Saturday night snow will taper off leading to partly cloudy skies overnight . Overnight lows will sit in the mid to high minus single digits. Lakes may be a bit colder than that. 

Sunday: Mostly cloudy skies are expected during Sunday, there will be flurries developing later in the day with a southerly flow in place. So high temperatures will rise, well into the low to mid minus single digits. Sunday night will also be very mild with high temperatures sitting pretty much where they were during the day, only some areas may drop a degree or 2 past -5C to -6C. Windchill will not be as bad either with values closer to -10 to -16C.  

The Week Details Coming in a Seperate Blog. Snowstorm is possible coming next week on the 14th, so I will have more details soon, as the day gets closer. That will be shared in a special blog on Sunday . So far though it looks like this warmer weather pattern continues into next week.