Storms and smoke in the forecast for an unsettled week in the southeast

This week, the weather is making up for some lost moisture with plenty of storm systems on the horizon. That began over the weekend, with a series of systems dumping around 20-30 millimetres of rain over the area over a few days.

Now we'll see some more moisture, with Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Crawford Luke going over the climate for the final week of July.

"We're kind of stuck with this upper trough feature for at least a couple more days. You had that one storm earlier this morning; there's a chance you could see another one later this afternoon. It seems more likely that you'll get one overnight tonight, sometime after midnight before tomorrow morning, and then potentially some more tomorrow in the daytime as well."

Those storms will drop rain onto the area, but Luke doesn't expect most of the southeast to be severe.

"I know today, the severe risk looks like it's going to be a stateside problem. That might even be the case again tomorrow. It could bleed into the southern part of the province a little bit. So I guess we'll have to keep an eye on it in case there's a chance for some hail or wind. But it looks like it's going to be another stateside problem again tomorrow, primarily in terms of the severe risk."

It won't just be summer storm weather for the southeast, as we'll also be hit with another round of smoke.

"Unfortunately, it looks like the smoke is coming back. Hopefully just a haze, though," said Luke, "It doesn't necessarily look as bad as it has been. So it might be a hazy couple of days or a few days, but maybe not as thick as we've seen previously."

"Our smoke models have been having a pretty hard time with the smoke recently, so having a bit less confidence in them this morning. But definitely looks like there'll be at least some haze hanging around for probably the better part of this week."

The smoke and rain won't last forever, as Luke says we'll see a sunny, warm Wednesday to break up the weather.

That won't last with another system of showers and cloudy weather beginning Thursday.

"Later in the week, these are maybe more isolated thunderstorms with like daytime heating. We have high pressure on Wednesday. The rest of the week, it kind of slides further east. So as it gets further away, it's less able to repress thunderstorm development over southeastern Saskatchewan."

With an unsettled week, Luke recommends taking the time to plan any events for the middle of the week when the skies are likely to be clear.