Edmonton weather: Warm today, but cooling off for Wednesday/Thursday
We're off to a cool start to the day in the Edmonton area with some single-digit temperatures. But, it'll warm up fairly quickly through the day with temperatures around 20 C by noon and a high of 26 or 27 C late this afternoon.
Light wind and partly cloudy skies throughout the day with a bit of increasing cloud late this afternoon.
Some scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop in western Alberta this afternoon... and there's a slight chance we'll see one of those cells push through the Edmonton region this evening.
One or two of those storms may turn severe (large hail, powerful gusts), especially closer to the foothills or over the Swan Hills region.
Mostly cloudy on Wednesday with a chance of some scattered showers in the morning hours. I think the best chance for some precipitation will come later in the day, with the potential for some thunderstorms moving through the area.
We'll get some clearing on Thursday, but both Wednesday and Thursday will have daytime highs near 20 C.
We're on the back edge of an upper ridge that'll collapse off to the southeast as an upper low sweeps into the province from the northwest.
That'll likely set off some widespread showers and thunderstorms over areas east and south of Edmonton on Wednesday, with the possibility of some severe storms.
Steadier rain and some embedded thunderstorms looks like in northeastern Alberta on Thursday.
Once that upper low moves off to the east, a strong upper ridge starts to develop over B.C. and Alberta. That should bring back some heat and could stick around through most of next week.
So...in the long range...we're looking at sunny skies through the weekend with temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. If the pattern holds, we're likely to get highs in the 27 to 31 C range throughout next week.
Here's the forecast for Edmonton and area:
Today - Partly cloudy.
High: 26
Tonight - 30% chance of a shower or thunderstorm this evening. Mostly cloudy overnight.
9pm: 20
Wednesday - Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of a shower in the morning. 60% chance of a late-day shower/thunderstorm.
Morning Low: 12
Afternoon High: 20
Thursday - Partly cloudy.
Morning Low: 9
Afternoon High: 20
Friday - Mainly sunny.
Morning Low: 10
Afternoon High: 23
Saturday - Mainly sunny.
Morning Low: 11
Afternoon High: 25
Sunday - Mainly sunny.
Morning Low: 12
Afternoon High: 27
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