A sunny and summery weekend in Calgary
AFTERNOON UPDATE: It's always nice when Environment Canada's meteorologists use "benign" in their opening sentence. Periods of rain will carry on through portions of the afternoon, with more blue gradually building over Calgary as we work toward the evening; the bluer the sky gets, the lighter the wind gets, too, as gusty conditions have persisted for a while, now.
The forecast for the weekend holds up - wind drops off to below 15 km/h, and Monday remains sunny and dry. Enjoy! Rain rebounds Tuesday afternoon and through much of Wednesday.
MORNING EDITION: There is a strong likelihood that by the time you read this, the brunt of rainshowers will have quit and fallen off.
The rain looked to be heaviest heading out of the 4 a.m. hour; the remainder of Calgary's day will feel somewhat like yesterday afternoon, where we mixed periods of sun with pockets of moisture; some of this didn't make it to ground. The pressure shift will create a strong dose of wind from the north, which will impact our bottom-line temperatures and keep us cooler.
Thereafter, the forecast becomes difficult to speak on in long form; how does one address a large high pressure ridge that overtakes us for three days? Saturday, Sunday and Monday all share a number of qualities; abundant sunshine, light wind, and temperatures of at least 20 C. Previously, the ridge was expected to drop off a half-day early, giving Monday a cooler and wetter end. Not the case, now.
That's nearly the extent of the wave, however; Tuesday yields warmth, but cloud will build into at least afternoon showers. At most, another period of potential storms is on the way.
YOUR FIVE-DAY CALGARY FORECAST:
Friday
- Evening: clear, low 6 C
Saturday
- Sunny
- Daytime high: 20 C
- Evening: clear, low 9 C
Sunday
- Sunny
- Daytime high: 24 C
- Evening: clear, low 10 C
Monday
- Sunny
- Daytime high: 25 C
- Evening: clear, low 13 C
Tuesday
- Mainly cloudy, showers
- Daytime high: 22 C
- Evening: scattered showers, low 9 C
Wednesday
- Cloudy, showers
- Daytime high: 17 C
- Evening: scattered showers, low 9 C
Today's photo is yesterday evening's pic of the day; Brian was south of Longview Wednesday and snapped this shot.
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