Wet start to the week with Monday’s high the coldest in nearly 2 weeks

Wet weather to start off the work week. Jodi Hughes has a look at the five-day forecast from the Sky Watch Weather Centre.

Light and mixed precipitation fell overnight and early Monday, including across portions of Calgary.

Warm surface temperatures linked to a period of unusually warm weather will cause most of that snow to melt on contact within the city, however as of 6 a.m. there were measurable impacts from the precipitation north and west of Calgary.

Wet start to the week with Monday’s high the coldest in nearly 2 weeks

Visibility was also slightly compromised in the same areas and likely to deteriorate throughout the morning with temperatures close to freezing and only a minimal wind across the region.

Wet start to the week with Monday’s high the coldest in nearly 2 weeks

Snow and/or mixed precipitation will continue throughout most of the day with snow across central and southern Alberta due to a frontal system from a Manitoba low and a low pressure system south of the border combining to enhance instability across our region.

There is an upsloping component to this pattern so snowfall totals could vary depending on how close to the eastern side of the Rockies these systems end up.

The highest accumulations are expected along the foothills with one to two centimetres likely for Calgary.

Daytime highs across southern Alberta will be much colder than they have been, peaking at 2 C in Calgary on Monday compared to nearly two weeks of highs ranging from 8 C to 15 C.

The normal daytime high this time of year is just shy of 2 C with a low of -10 C.

Wet start to the week with Monday’s high the coldest in nearly 2 weeks

This cooler weather and period of instability will be short-lived.

Daytime highs from Tuesday until at least Sunday will range from 4 C to 12 C with lows of -4 C to 2 C with the weekend bringing a string of double-digit daytime highs.

Wet start to the week with Monday’s high the coldest in nearly 2 weeks