Update and a look at a much warmer weather pattern headed for southern Manitoba.

 Hey Manitoban's  Mike McGregor here, I have some updates for you all on the weather pattern ahead. It's been a while since I did a blog update but I am nonetheless looking forwards to the Easter Holiday coming up on Monday. Easter is an important time of year for me as a person of Anyways on to a weather story of our own, hopeful weather is the theme this weekend. Today is the day that Jesus rose from the Grave giving us the gift of eternal life in heaven as a free Gift John 3:16, conquering death and the Grave. It is a story of hope for mankinds redemption from sin and the penalty of having to pay for it for eternity. (Romans 3:23) Jesus said when he died "It Is Finished!" (John 19;28-30) (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). He rose again 3 days later on Easter! That is the story of Easter! 

(Above: Warming pattern arriving later in the week, thanks to ridging in western Canada developing. This pattern is more typical of early spring. Hope you enjoy this outlook :-). )))

Sunday: Much of southern Manitoba will experience a beautiful day on Sunday the main jet stream is expected to be to our S with us sitting on the cooler side of the pacific jet. Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies are likely on the day into the latter half of the afternoon temperatures will remain on the above freezing side with areas in the interleakes and parklands of Manitoba including Eastern Central Manitoba may see high temperatures slightly cooler around zero to minus two degrees Celsius. Area South of the Manitoba Lakes will be basking in temperatures above zero with a pretty decent chance of seeing highs between one and four degrees Celsius on the day Sunday. It looks like Southern Manitoba will be again experiencing partly cloudy and mostly cloudy skies on Sunday night under the presence of high pressure, I'm not expecting any precipitation for Sunday night into Monday . Overnight low temperatures during Sunday night will likely drop into again the low minus single digits between minus one to minus five degrees celsius.

Monday: Much of southern Manitoba will be under the influence of the southerly flow as the high pressure moves off to the east, a warm fronts and low pressure system will be moving into southern Manitoba during the evening hours on Monday however it will not bring any precipitation for this forecast. Looks like temperatures on the day Monday will rise into the mid plus side single digits in the southwest part of Manitoba with areas in the southeast in the low single digits there is a possibility that some places may reach near 5 degrees if those locations are snow free during the afternoon. Monday Night: On Monday night a small disturbance is forecast to impact the western half of Manitoba into the red river valley, interlakes, and eastern manitoba later on (by morning). As it moves southeast there may be a rain snow mix but because temperatures look to remain quite mild overnight there will only be the smallest chance this completely switches over to snow. A quick 1 to 5mm of rain is likely with this quick shortwave as it moves through southern Manitoba during the overnight hours. Flurries are more likely as you travel into the central and northern interlakes areas of Manitoba. Overnight low temperatures are forecast to remain above freezing in the south central part of Manitoba about 1-3C. 

Tuesday: On the day Tuesday it will be our transition day into much warmer weather, a strong ridge of high pressure will be building in western Canada. A weak trough is likely to impact areas of eastern Manitoba bringing with it some residual cloudcover and winds out of the NW as the ridge builds to our west. Although it may be not as nice as Monday, our high temperatures will still rise into the 2 to 8C range with areas free of cloudy skies seeing the warmest temperatures. Areas of western Manitoba and the red river valley will be seeing much of the warmest high temperatures on Tuesday. Tuesday Night: Fog and cloudy skies are possible in the red river valley and snow covered areas, still yet to be determined. However overnight low temperatures again will be below zero from -1 to -5C. 

Second Half Of the Week: The warming temperature pattern continues, the ridging in western Canada will build into the central prairies and I also see the resulting temperatures in the 5 to 10C range midweek with overnight lows in the low to mid single digits with a increase to the 10 to 15C range by the weekend. Overnight lows will also rise into the low to mid single digits with a increase to the high single digits next weekend. Stay Tuned for more updates on this developing pattern and happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!