Prairie Weather (Rural Roots Canada) – Trick or Treat! Here is the mid-week Prairie Weather update from Meteorologist David Spence! Happy Halloween from the team at Rural Roots Canada.
Thursday:
Alberta
Some cloud cover will persist through most of the day in central and northern Alberta, but is not expected to produce any precipitation. In most of the south, the sky will stay mainly clear to partly cloudy through the day. Places like Fox Lake and Fort Chip will likely stay below freezing. Expect highs of between 0 and 5 south of Calgary, and between 0 and -5 north of Calgary. It’s Halloween, and it will be cool for trick or treating across Alberta, with temperatures in the early evening near zero.
Saskatchewan
A southeasterly wind will draw in some warmer air to southern Saskatchewan, and maybe a bit of cloud cover. But, no precipitation. The province stays dry, and there will likely be some high, thin cloud in the south, as the warm air comes in. Temperatures will climb as high as 10 degrees from Watrous to the US border, and cooler but still positive highs can be expected all the way north to LaRonge. For Halloween evening, south of Saskatoon it’ll be rather warm, with temperatures from 5-10 degrees, but it will cool off fast after sunset. Elsewhere, expect temperatures near zero for Trick or Treating.
Manitoba
No more bands of snow in northern Manitoba…the entire province will be dry. In the interlake and southern regions, it will stay mostly cloudy through the day. Highs in the south will range from 0 to 5. In central and northern Manitoba, it will be 6-10 degrees cooler. In the south, trick or treating temperatures will be near or just above zero. In the north, near or just below zero. It’s nice to see a snow-free Halloween for the Trick or Treaters. This photo is from Halloween afternoon near Minnedosa:
Friday:
Alberta
Disappointing news, as snow once expected to fall in parts of Alberta Friday will not show up. South of Edmonton, it will be sunny. North of Edmonton, it will be cloudy, but nowhere is any significant precipitation expected. After a morning of freezing temperatures, the sun in the south should boost aftternoon highs to between 5 and 10 degrees. In central Alberta, highs will come in around 0 to 5 degrees, and 0 to -5 in the north.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan will be sunny, dry, and warm Friday. A southerly wind will draw mild air into southern Saskatchewan, and temperatures may get as warm as 15 degrees roughly along highway 6 from Dafoe, south through Regina, and to the US border. Elsewhere, expect mild weather with positive high temperatures as far north as Prince Albert. Neither snow nor rain are expected in Saskatchewan through the day.
Manitoba
Patchy afternoon cloud will arrive in southern Manitoba through the day, with sunny conditions in the province’s mid-section, and thick cloud cover in the north. However, the dry weather continues as none of these clouds will produce any significant precipitation. Highs in the south and through the Interlake will reach 5-10 degrees, with subfreezing temperatures all day in the far north.
Saturday:
Alberta
Things get a bit more interesting as a an elongated trough of low pressure at the surface develops along the Rocky Mountain foothills. This will contribute to increasing cloud throughout the day across the province. In addition to snow in the mountains and foothills, a band of light snow may cross central and northern Alberta, bypassing most agricultural regions. In that area, highs will be near zero. In the south, warm air drawn into southeastern Alberta on the east side of the trough, will lead to some double digit highs east and south of Calgary.
Saskatchewan
Some of the cloud from the above-mentioned Alberta surface trough will spill into southwestern Saskatchewan during the afternoon, but will not produce any rain or snow anywhere in the province. A very warm southeasterly flow will develop, and boost temperatures as high as the low teens in many areas south of the Yellowhead highway. Highs will be above zero as far north as Prince Albert, then cooler toward the Territories.
Manitoba
Manitoba’s agricultural lands will have yet another dry day, as yet again, there won’t be a drop of rain or a flake of snow anywhere in the province. There will be some cloud cover in the far north, and a very narrow band of cloud from Sprague to Little Grand Rapids. Otherwise, most areas of the province will be sunny with highs of 5-10 degrees in the southern half of the province, then much cooler to the north, where the temperatures will fail to reach the melting point.
Sunday:
Alberta
The cloud that developed in Alberta Saturday, will move east to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and the Alberta sky will clear out during the day. Snow will fall from those clouds as they pull out of the province with northeastern Alberta being the likely target of the most snow. However, there won’t be much. And, there won’t be any at all in most of southern Alberta, except for a slight chance of flurries or light snow near the Milk River ridge before sunrise. A downsloping westerly wind will bring some warm air across the south, and along the foothills into central Alberta, where temperatures could achieve 10 degrees. Outside of the chinook belt, temperatures across Alberta will peak between -5 and +5.
Saskatchewan
Cloud moving in from Alberta thickens up during the day north of Saskatoon, where as most of southern Saskatchewan will have another sunny day. From the northern cloud, there will be rain, snow, or a mix of both during the day. The clouds and precipitation will move through rather quickly, so there won’t be a chance of big accumulations. Highs in the sunny south will climb to the low teens. It won’t be so warm elsewhere in the province, with highs ranging from -5 to +5.
Manitoba
Cloudy and warm weather can be expected over almost all of Manitoba, and RAIN should fall in the interlake and in southern Manitoba east of Brandon. This is welcome precipitation, but there’s still not a lot of it, with most areas getting less than 5 mm. Even with the rain, temperatures in the south could reach highs of 5-10 degrees. It’ll be cooler north of Lake Winnipeg, with highs of -5 to +5. Rainfall in Manitoba in November is not unprecedented. This article is from the front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, November 3, 1948:
