Over the weekend, southern Manitoba saw several storms bringing widespread hail, though rainfall amounts remained light and scattered.
“We had storms for Friday into early Saturday, quite a few hail reports across southern Manitoba actually,” notes Environment Canada meteorologist Jason Knight.
He highlights the size of the hail: “Looks like to be tennis ball sized hail near Mulvihill in the Interlake; Neepawa, some golf ball sized hail.”
Rainfall totals, however, stayed modest with most sites seeing just 1 to 5mm.
Unsettled conditions continue Monday
Knight says the unsettled weather persists with showers and thunder showers moving through the region Monday morning, though they are expected to taper off briefly.
“It will remain in that unsettled northwesterly flow. We expect that to redevelop later this morning and this afternoon chance of showers into the evening hours with a chance for a non-severe thunderstorm.”
The skies should clear overnight, setting the stage for Canada Day weather.
Canada Day and week ahead
Looking forward, Knight remarks, “Canada Day is looking a little better for most of the day. Sunny high of 30, northwesterly winds gusting to 40 but later in the day looking at some cloud coming in. Maybe another chance of showers or thunder showers.”
The warm weather continues for the rest of the week.
“We just had a weak low pressure system move off into Ontario. We're just seeing a bit of an upper edge build from the west that's just bringing that 30-degree temperatures back in.”
Staying hot into next week
When asked about temperatures next week, Knight continues, “It looks like temperatures still in the high 20s near 30-degree mark, very little change into next week.”
Rainfall remains minimal, he adds, “If we can get enough showers moving through the area, that might make up the difference, but nothing terribly organized in the way of rain.”
Portage la Prairie and surrounding communities can expect a warm, mostly dry week ahead with some scattered showers and thunderstorm chances, especially late in the week.
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