Calgary's 5-day forecast: warmer beyond today

Entering the 6 a.m. hour, the wave of precipitation is just working by now, having missed the likes of Airdrie in its southward descent. It’s grazing Calgary, too. So, a gentle skiff… manageable.

Perhaps less manageable, to some, might be the expected dose of wind compounded against the current temperatures; with our low dipped into the negatives, there's a little bite to the wind chill. Yes, it’s only -10, but our current conditions include gusts near 50 km/h.

It's all short-lived, of course; we'll drop off overnight, briefly, but still find the means to bounce back above seasonal throughout the five day forecast, thanks to a potent mix of Pacific air baked into an upper ridge and westerly wind gusts.

YOUR FIVE-DAY CALGARY FORECAST

Wednesday

• Evening: clear, low -11 C

Thursday

• Mainly sunny
• Daytime high: 4 C
• Evening: clear, low -7 C

Friday

• Sunny, windy
• Daytime high: 8 C
• Evening: mainly clear, low -5 C

Saturday

• Mainly sunny
• Daytime high: 6 C
• Evening: mainly clear, low -3 C

Sunday

• Partly cloudy
• Daytime high: 7 C
• Evening: some cloud, low 1 C

Monday

• Partly cloudy
• Daytime high: 5 C
• Evening: some cloud, low -3 C

Today's weather pic was sent in by a thrilled Matt Melnyk – congrats to this awesome local photog on his first snap of a snowy white owl!

Photographer Matt Melnyk's shot of a snowy owl.

Also, Marni sent out this nifty shot near Edworthy Park:

Viewer Marni's photo of birds on the Bow River ice near Edworthy Park.

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