The warming trend continues, although it won’t be in a straight line over the coming days.
And, today’s warmest temperatures will probably be through the morning hours, with a slight drop coming this afternoon.
Wind speeds around 15-20 km/h with gusts in the 30-40 km/h range are likely for much of today.
So…we’ll be up around 5 C for a high today, then back around 0 C for a high Thursday. Back to the 5 C range for Friday and then returning to highs near 0 C for Sunday and Monday.
Looking longer-range: highs near 5 C are likely again for Tuesday/Wednesday of next week.
Bottom line…we’ll get some undulating daytime highs in the coming days, with all of them remaining solidly above average and most of them above 0 C.
(Average high for Jan. 8-12 is -8C.)
If we look really REALLY far out into the future, we may see some colder air move back in around the Jan. 18/19.
Precipitation Outlook:
A few showers are likely in the Edmonton area this morning (moving in from the north).
There’s been some wet snow northeast of Edmonton through the early-morning hours (Athabasca/Lac La Biche/Smoky Lake area). That snow is dropping southeast into east-central Alberta for the mid-to-late morning hours.
But, we also have a bit of rain on the western flank of that precipitation and that’s what we’ll see move through parts of the Edmonton region this morning.
Looking ahead:
We’ll have some mixed precipitation in northwestern Alberta on Thursday with a freezing rain risk for Grande Prairie south toward Grande Cache Thursday night.
Friday has a VERY GOOD chance of some mixed precipitation in the Edmonton area with a risk of freezing rain in the morning and then the potential for snow or a rain/snow mix in the afternoon.
Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:
Today – Morning clouds with a few showers in the area this morning.
Partly cloudy this afternoon.
Wind NW 15-20 with gusts in the 30-40 km/h range.
High: 6
Temperature falling to 2 by late afternoon
Tonight – Mainly clear. Wind easing.
9pm: 0
Thursday – Mainly sunny.
Morning Low: -3
Afternoon High: 1
Friday – Mostly cloudy. 60% chance of rain/snow.
Risk of freezing rain in the morning.
Morning Low: -3
Afternoon High: 5
30% chance of snow in the evening.
Saturday – Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of rain/snow mix.
Morning Low: 0
Afternoon High: 3
Sunday – Mostly cloudy.
Morning Low: -5
Afternoon High: -1
Monday – Partly cloudy.
Morning Low: -8
Afternoon High: -1