Colleen Bready's Forecast: Soggy, smoky and possibly stormy
The week gets off to a soggy, smoky and potentially stormy start on Monday across much of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.
With the exception of the southwest, much-needed showers are sweeping across most other regions, including wildfire-affected areas.
That said, there is also the risk of thunderstorms, which bring the unwanted possibility of lightning strikes. There is also the potential that any thunderstorms that do develop could become severe.
Environment and Climate Change Canada says smoke will clear out of southern Manitoba on Monday and has ended an air quality warning for Winnipeg and the southeast.
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Pinawa
Pinawa suspension bridge
(Photo by Kimberly Guiboche)
Beautiful Rural Manitoba
Beautiful rural Manitoba
(Photo by Doug Collins)
Cloud formation over Lowe Farm, MB
Cloud formation over Lowe Farm, MB
(Photo by Elva Dyck)
Twins having lunch
Twins having lunch by the lake
(Photo by Leigh-Anne Peterson)
Pleasant Valley
Canola field at Pleasant Valley.
(Photo by Nancy Cruikshank)
Matlock Pier
Seagulls at the Matlock Pier
(Photo by Diane Romanson)
Mist over Caddy
Mist over Caddy Lake against that beautiful sky!
(Photo by Barb Bobychuk)
Peguis , MB
Peguis , MB
(Photo by Cynthia Favell)
Seagulls at Matlock pier
Seagulls at Matlock pier
(Photo by Diane Romanson)
The Little Sask River
A cool breeze getting ready for whatever is next.
(Photo by Ray Baloun)
Pinawa
Pinawa clouds
(Photo by Lea Bangert)
Monday morning
Monday morning at Dunnottar, Manitoba
(Photo by Bill Miller)
Clouds over Gardenton
Clouds over Gardenton
(Photo by Kim Okapiec)
Jaeger and Wilson
Jaeger and Wilson enjoying the warm, relatively smoke free morning.
(Photo by Barb Lavallee)
Ship docking
Ship docking at the Port of Churchill
(Photo by April Lundie)
American Mink
American Mink at the Seiner river
(Photo by PAULETTE PINSONNEAULT)
Rainbow
Beautiful rainbow over Pelican Lake
(Photo by Jamie Paquin)
Gull Harbour
Gull Harbour Lighthouse
(Photo by Brett House)
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Beautiful and happy owl on perfect day.
(Photo by Diane Simon)
Great Balls of Peonies
Gator and Harlow wholeheartedly agrees to the heavenly scent.
(Photo by Pat Payjack)
Lake Red Squirrel
We feed the lake red squirrel corn on the cob on his special feeder.
(Photo by Tania Kruk)
Storm
Storm last night near St-Pierre
(Photo by Genevieve Hacault)
Breezy morning
Breezy morning and quite smokey
(Photo by Andrew Ashett)
Lightning flash on Caddy Lake
Lightning flash on Caddy Lake, Whiteshell Prov. Park.
(Photo by Mariam Bernstein)
Beautiful Sunset
Beautiful sunset in the Durban area.
(Photo by Ryan Mccullough)
Bald Eagle
Bald eagle is drying its feathers after going after something in the river.
(Photo by Allan Robertson)
Red Sunset
Red sunset
(Photo by Ben Holyk)
Mallard duckling
Mallard duckling in action catching insects.
(Photo by Wade Munro)
The gulls are everywhere
The gulls are everywhere
(Photo by Pat Payjack)
Rainbow
Rainbow over St. Malo.
(Photo by Linda Gay)
Bird River
No better way too start our holidays than coffee on the dock!
(Photo by Tania Kruk)
Split Lake
Fire, smoke, Northern lights and the moon from my backyard.
(Photo by Taralee Beardy)
An artist touches up a mural
An artist touches up a mural on the Gimli seawall as a storm rolls through in the distance.
(Photo by Desiree Rantala)
Northern lights
Northern lights over Split Lake
(Photo by Taralee Beardy)
Sparkles and water
Sparkles and water
(Photo by Sheryl Twardoski)
North Kildonan
North Kildonan
(Photo by Shirley Wark)
Near Gimli
Near Gimli
(Photo by Cynthia Morrow)
Rainbow
Rainbow over Rainbow RM of Elton
(Photo by Lacey Burdeniuk)
Lee river sunset
Lee river sunset
(Photo by Ken Horn)
Near Morris
Near Morris
(Photo by Sandra Harder)
After the storm
After the storm in Dropmore
(Photo by Dan Watson)
Rainbow
Rainbow over Altbergthal, Manitoba
(Photo by Jennifer Klassen)
Stormy Sky
Stormy sky Near Elm Creek
(Photo by Tina Doell)
Somerset storm
Somerset storm
(Photo by Amber Hacault)
Mother Nature's own fireworks for Canada Day
Mother Nature provided some spectacular fireworks for Canada Day!
(Photo by Kat Hedges)
It will be a brief reprieve. As the low responsible for Monday's precipitation moves along, smoke is expected to return with the trailing cold front within the next day, according to the weather agency.
Meanwhile, the air quality warning continues Monday for many central and northern regions and in parts of northwestern Ontario.
Temperatures in Winnipeg and the southeast will reach the mid-20s Monday, while daytime highs in Brandon and the southwest will climb slightly higher under clearer sky conditions.
Showers will end over the course of the night ahead across the north, with the last of the precipitation wrapping up over the northeast overnight.
Another round of showers or thunderstorms is likely across the south on Tuesday, including in Brandon and Winnipeg.
Drier, sunnier conditions return Wednesday for the rest of the week, with temperatures heating up into the upper 20s and low 30s by Friday through the weekend.
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