Edmonton weather: Staying mild, but a chance of weekend flurries

Warm air pressed into the Edmonton region on Tuesday and boosted temperatures to a high of four degrees.

That warmth should push even further east today and we’ll get to a high near six degrees under sunny skies in the city this afternoon.

There’s some increasing cloudcover expected for Thursday as we welcome in spring (Spring Equinox is at just after 3 a.m. Thursday morning).

AND...temperatures will be a degree or two cooler across most of the province (compared to today).

For east-central AB...that means you’ll get three to five degrees above zero today and then back to a high right around zero Thu/Fri.

All-in-all...not a lot of really active weather over the next few days - just melty in the afternoon and freezing up again overnight.

It starts to get a little more interesting Fri/Sat.

An area of low pressure will develop in the foothills sometime Friday and then trek off to the southeast.

We’re not anticipating a TON of snow with this system, and the location of the precipitation is still uncertain.

But...I’ve added a risk of some showers or wet flurries to the Edmonton forecast for Friday night and a risk of light snow for Saturday morning.

At this point, it doesn’t look like anything TOO significant. But, there might be a couple centimetres of accumulation for some spots in central or north-central AB.

It’s more of a - “let’s watch to see how this develops”, rather than “here comes some snow.”

As for the temperature outlook - we’ll be in the five to eight degree range Fri/Sat/Sun and then in the seven to 10 degree range for Mon/Tue of next week.

So...the mild air isn’t going anywhere.

Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:

• Today - Sunny with a few clouds.
• High: 6
• Tonight - Partly cloudy.
• 9pm: -2

• Thursday - Mostly cloudy.
• SPRING EQUINOX
• Morning Low: -5
• Afternoon High: 4

• Friday - Mix of sun & cloud.
• Morning Low: -4
• Afternoon High: 6
• 30% chance of a shower or wet snow overnight.

• Saturday - Mostly cloudy. 30% light snow in the morning.
• Morning Low: -2
• Afternoon High: 6

• Sunday - Partly cloudy.
• Morning Low: -2
• Afternoon High: 7

• Monday - Mostly cloudy.
• Morning Low: -1
• Afternoon High: 9