Residents of the Foothills will be treated to a few unseasonably warm days in the middle of their work week.
Thursday (Nov. 6) and Friday will see daytime highs of around 15 degrees, which is sure to be a welcome break from the bitter conditions that have started to set in so far this month.
Environment & Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Justin Shelley explains what will bring about those conditions.
“We have an upper ridge of high pressure that’s going to build in over the province and stick around for the rest of the week and into the first half of the weekend, which is going to drive those temperatures into the low teens on Thursday and Friday.”
While that’s about 10 or 11 degrees higher than average for this time of year, Shelley says it’s not that uncommon.
“Looking back at last year, for instance, we saw five days in November with daytime highs of at least 13 degrees. As late as November 21st we saw a temperature of 16.5 degrees.”
In this case, the high-pressure ridge is coming in over the Rockies from the Pacific coast.
Daytime highs will hover just above average for a few days after that.
In terms of when we could see more snow hit the Foothills, Shelley says there’s a chance we could see a light dusting after that pressure system dies down.
“It does look like early next week will be our next chance of seeing snowfall in the Foothills County region. Possibly Monday night and into Tuesday. There isn’t a tonne of agreement between the models right now and it doesn’t look like a huge dump of snow, but that’s the next best chance we see in the short-to-moderate term.”
The seven-day forecast, complete with weather radar, can be seen on our weather page.