The heat and humidity moved into a large portion of the Canadian Prairies late last week and over the weekend as the previous general forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models predicted. There is not much change in the forecast for the next three days. The heat and humidity will continue across Manitoba and Saskatchewan as the building upper ridge keeps any cooler air to our north and east. Expect daytime highs to be within a couple degrees of 30 C and overnight lows only dropping to the upper teens to around 20 C. As usual with heat and humidity there is always the chance of thunderstorms, but the focus of thunderstorms has shifted eastwards into Manitoba from Saskatchewan. The overall threat is beginning to diminish with the best chances for storms occurring on Monday.
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Over Alberta, there will be a brief retreat of the heat as an area of low pressure just to the north of the province pulls some cooler air into this region. Expect daytime highs to be in the low 20s with the northern half of the province seeing some showers or thundershowers on Monday as the cold front pushes through. This cooldown only looks to last for a couple of days, with warm air moving back in around mid-week.
— Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a B.A. (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology from the University of Winnipeg. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park, Man. Contact him via email with your questions and comments.
