A clipper system is moving across the Prairies this morning and is bringing a mix of rain and snow to the southeastern Prairies. The system will track eastward today and will exit the Prairies by this evening. A second system, located in the northcentral U.S. will push northward into Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan tomorrow bringing mostly snow and /or freezing rain to the eastern Prairies. Total amounts from the two systems will range between 10 and 30 mm. The heaviest amounts are expected to fall northwestern Ontario with amounts more than 30 cm of snow. The heaviest amounts in the Prairies are expected to fall in southcentral Saskatchewan. This area will receive 10 to 15 mm of water equivalent precipitation. The remainder of the Prairies are expected to receive less than 5 mm of moisture.
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Temperatures this morning are cool with overnight lows mostly in the -5C to -10C range. Highs today will struggle to reach the -2 to -5C range this afternoon. The temperatures are expected to remain cool on Friday with highs mostly in the -3 to-5C range. Temperatures are expected to warm on the weekend with highs moving up the low single digits. Much warmer weather is expected to push into the Prairies by early next week with highs moving up to the teens and low 20’s.
The long-term forecast continues to place a ridge on the west coast of North America which will create troughing conditions in the Prairies and Northern Plains. The positive news is that the weather pattern during the last week of April will result in normal temperatures through the region. This weather pattern will bring drier weather to the Prairies which will provide a break from the clipper systems that have dominated the weather picture over the past few weeks.
