Happy Holidays, warmth persists and above normal temperatures persisting.

 Hey everyone Mike McGregor here I hope you all are having a blessed and relaxing holiday season I am looking forwards to the new year I have a brief update on the extremely warmer than average temperatures we’re seeing , we are seeing temperature anomalies in the teens to twenty degrees above average . By the way . I’ll be back in the new year with a more extensive weather update based on latest model data we might be in for an interesting new year with a potential winter storm in the mean time I’ll be covering what’s ahead for the rest of the Christmas holidays . Much of southern parts of Manitoba will be experiencing above average temperatures and and overall a strong southerly flow will be present with a ridge of high pressure in eastern Canada allowing for this warmer than average temperature trend. 

(Above:) CFSV2 Temperature anomalies showing above average temperatures persisting over the next 7 days . 

Thursday: Temperatures on the day Thursday will be in the low minus single digits, areas of southeastern Manitoba will be the warmest with high values sitting in the zero to minus one degree range. Areas of southwestern Manitoba will be sitting in the mid minus single digits. Mostly cloudy skies are likely.

Thursday Night: Temperatures are also expected to remain warm for the night and I’m surprised to say this that areas of southeastern Manitoba will remain warm with values in the low minus single digits around zero however areas of the southwest will be likely be more in the lower minus teens. 

Friday: A warm and mostly cloudy day is likely on the day, there will be a disturbance moving through during the afternoon and evening with a chance of rain and freezing rain in areas of south central Manitoba. Small accumulations are likely with only 1 to 2mm. Temperatures on Friday are expected to soar into the low single digits in the southeast with areas of the southwest near the freezing mark. 

Friday Night: We will still be enveloped by this warm airmass, rain or snow is likely in the southeast part of Manitoba during the overnight. After that a slightly cooler airmass moves in with overnight lows in the minus single digits the chance of temperatures in the region of -4 to -7C is likely.

Saturday and Sunday: Warm weather conditions will persist with calmer and much sunnier conditions, although a little cooler overall we will still be be above average. Temperatures for this period will be in the low minus single digits, for day time highs and mid to high minus single digits near and below -10C during the overnights. 

For reference (low minus single digits are (-1 to -5C). 

Mid minus single digits are -5C to -10C, and the minus teens is -10 to -20C. 

Have a merry Christmas!!!