Season rewind as the Prairies see record warmth with aid of winds
Extreme November warmth swept across the western Prairies on Saturday, with record-breaking warmth being observed across Saskatchewan.
It's not often that you see November kick off with temperatures in the low 20s, but that's what happened on the western Prairies.
Saturday brought some highly unusual warmth across the region, with some locales hitting the low 20--setting daily records for Nov. 1.
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But don't let the warmth fool you. Temperatures have already dropped, with digits on Sunday expected to stay in the single digits.
And winter weather is coming sooner than you think for parts of the region. A mass of Arctic air will drive south over the coming days, ushering in cold, wintry air that will fuel this week's snow threat across parts of the Prairies and the country.
Saturday yields unusual, early-fall-like warmth
Alberta:
18.8°C Medicine Hat, Alta.
16.3°C Lethbridge, Alta.
Saskatchewan:
21.2 °C Val Marie, Sask. (Daily record)
20.2°C Mankota, Sask. (Daily record)
19.8°C Maple Creek, Sask.
Peak winds
North Battleford, Sask,: 91 km/h
Lethbridge, Alta.: 81 km/h
Winnipeg, Man.: 76 km/h
Maple Creek, Sask.: 70 km/h
Medicine Hat, Sask.: 70 km/h
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For the rest of Sunday, an area of low pressure continues to deepen as it crosses southern Manitoba, where wind gusts could approach 90 km/h for the aforementioned region and southeastern Saskatchewan.
Temperatures have already cooled behind the cold front, with highs struggling to get into the double digits.
Changeable temperatures and a somewhat active pattern with clippers and windy conditions at times during the first two weeks of November, but above-seasonal temperatures will dominate through at least the first half of November.
Be sure to check back for the latest weather conditions across the Prairies.