Mild Weather Continues for the foreseeable future.

 Much of our region has experienced a very warm January so far with periods of thick fog patches,  freezing rain, freezing drizzle and cloudy skies. A few weeks ago I even noticed it was misty outside. That is something you don’t see in January. Regardless you can thank this to the colder than average weather with the polar vortex impacting Russia and Siberia. Read onto find out when this pattern could change below…. 

Manitoba and Canada with the warmth across the North American Continent….

Below a photo of the polar vortex enveloping Russia and Siberia currently showing temperatures in the -40 to -50C range… That is cold!!! 

We won’t be seeing this polar vortex move locations for a period of time, thankfully. 

As for our weather this trend of warmer weather looks to continue thanks to the presence of a westerly to southerly flow aloft as high pressure sits to the north of us keeps us in a mild flow. Let’s have a look at the details… 

Rest of today: Temperatures over the next 12 hours will be mild, there will be a chance for freezing drizzle or light flurries this early evening moving up the red river valley into the inter lake regions. Cloudy skies will persist.  By this evening temperatures will range from the high minus single digits in the southeast to the low minus teens in the southwest hovering around the -8 to -12C mark. 

Tonight: Flurries and or freezing drizzle will persist in the overnight period into the morning hours mostly in the south central and southeast regions spreading all across the south by the overnight period . Temperatures will drop into the mid to high minus teens overnight . 

Thursday: Daytime high temperatures will rise into the low to mid minus single digits. Mostly cloudy skies are expected with the chance of fog patches developing later in the day. Still a continued chance at flurries and or freezing drizzle across the region. 

Thursday Night: Overnight low temperatures will drop into the low minus teens and high minus single digits. Cloudy skies will persist for those in the southeast; however clearer skies are likely in the southwest. 

Friday: Temperatures will rise into the low to mid minus single digits with areas still seeing unseasonably warm air some areas may be close to the freezing mark!! Break out your shorts . The cloudy skies will likely persist until the afternoon hours with a chance at clearing skies by the mid to late afternoon hours from west to east.  

Friday Night: Some of the mildest air will stick around with lows only sitting in the mid to high minus single digits a chance at colder values however are possible. A batch of snow showers are likely to move into the western portions of Manitoba overnight into Saturday morning. 

The Weekend: Saturday looks mild with daytime high temperatures remaining in the low to high minus single digits, snow showers are possible on Saturday before clearing on Sunday early morning. The cold weather arrives again on Saturday night as a trough moves through. Overnight lows on Saturday night could approach -20C but will sit in the mid to high minus teens windchills will likely be colder in the minus 20C to -25C range. Sunday the mild weather returns with slightly colder values in the high minus single digits and low minus teens. The same values expected to drop into the low to mid minus teens.