July will get off to a scorching start around the Humboldt and surrounding area.
On the heels of a warm Canada Day holiday, soaring temperatures will continue for the rest of the week.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Brian Proctor explains the weather front that is producing the heat.
“We've got a really high amplitude pattern in the upper atmosphere and what's really happening is it's allowing that warm air to spill up from the American inner mountain area up into southern Saskatchewan and spreading up into central Saskatchewan at this point in time.”
As a result, a high of 29°C is expected today, with it increasing to 31°C on Thursday and then 28 on Friday.
Proctor noted cooling temperatures on Friday evening are preventing a heat warning from being issued for the region.
He explains what the qualifications are for a heat warning to be issued.
“We want to issue a heat warning when we see two or more consecutive days of temperatures greater than 29° in the Humboldt area and nighttime minimum temperatures expected to fall to 14° C or a little warmer than that. Or if we see humidity values of 34 or higher for two consecutive days.”
With the warm temperatures, Proctor explains that there may be some precipitation that comes with it.
“It's going to be very hit and miss from a convection point of view, so very typical kind of pattern if you like, with widely scattered storms producing some hail potentially and some local downpours. But probably wind is the biggest threat with these storms.”