Prairie Weather (Rural Roots Canada) – Introducing the Mid-Week Prairie Weather this Week Report.

The popularity of RRC Meteorologist David Spence’s weekly Prairie Weather this Week Report has prompted us to add a second report every Thursday morning to take you into the latter half of the week.

David will dive back into his earlier forecast with an update on what you can expect on the weather front.

It will be a mixed bag for the rest of the week as a cold front will bring some cooler temperatures and precipitation in some parts of the prairies, before the thermometer will head back up.

Thursday: Things change a bit Thursday, as a surface low in the Northwest Territories drags a weak cold front across the prairies.  That’ll produce some early morning rain across the province, with the greatest amounts falling near Grande Prairie and across northwestern Alberta.   In central and southern Alberta, the rain will move through so quickly that accumulations will be minor, and inconsequential.  Wind will continue to be an issue throughout the day, particularly in southern and southwestern regions.    The front will drag the rainfall into Northern Saskatchewan in the afternoon and northern Manitoba in the evening.   Behind the front,  Alberta cools off, but the rest of the southern prairies will still be sunny, dry, and warm:

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Friday:

A strong westerly flow at both the surface and aloft will continue to keep the prairies dry.   Southern Alberta may see chinook cloud, especially early in the day.   While it may be windy, no precipitation is expected across the prairies, or for that matter, between British Columbia and Quebec.   And now that the Thursday cold front is long gone, it warms up again in southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan:

Saturday and Sunday:

The upper ridge of high pressure that gave us the warm and dry weather during the week finally moves on,  to be replaced by an upper trough of low pressure, right over Alberta.   Expect gradually lowering temperatures and increasing cloud over the weekend in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with rain to develop on Sunday in the southern half of both provinces.   Manitoba will remain dry for one more day.

EVENT FORECAST

Touch-a-Truck,  Saturday, September 28, Opasquia Agricultural Society and Exhibition Grounds. The Pas, Manitoba
Mainly sunny, high 20