Chilly start gives way to mild afternoon across southeastern Alberta Monday

Southeastern Alberta is starting the week with sub-zero or near-zero readings at most stations, but a mild afternoon is on the way. Environment Canada forecasts highs ranging from 12 C at Brooks to 16 C at Elkwater and Cypress Hills under a mix of sun and cloud, with a southeast wind easing through the morning. Wind chills of minus 6 to minus 8 are expected to linger in some areas early in the day.

No weather alerts are in effect for any part of the region as of the 5 a.m. forecast.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, skies were clear and the temperature was minus 0.5 C, with a wind chill of minus 2 and a north-northeast wind at 4 km/h. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud Monday, with a southeast wind of 20 km/h becoming light through the morning and a wind chill of minus 8 early in the day. The high will reach 15 C. UV index is 2 or low. Monday night will be mainly cloudy with a low of zero and a northwest wind of 20 km/h developing overnight.

Irvine

Irvine recorded 3.6 C at 6 a.m. Monday, with an east-northeast wind at 9 km/h and humidity at 65 per cent, according to the Irvine station. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud through the day, with a southeast wind of 20 km/h easing to light this morning and a wind chill of minus 8 early on. The high will be 15 C and the UV index 2 or low. Expect mainly cloudy skies overnight, with a northwest wind of 20 km/h picking up and a low near zero.

Bow Island

The Bow Island Climate station measured 0.9 C at 6 a.m. Monday, with a south wind at 9 km/h and a falling barometric pressure of 101.7 kPa. Environment Canada's forecast calls for sun and cloud mixed through the afternoon, with a southeast wind of 20 km/h becoming light in the morning and a wind chill of minus 8 to start the day. The high will reach 15 C, with a UV index of 2 or low. Monday night brings mainly cloudy skies, a northwest wind of 20 km/h overnight and a low of zero.

Elkwater and Cypress Hills

Lodge Creek recorded 0.6 C at 6 a.m. Monday, with a light south wind of 2 km/h and humidity at 72 per cent. Elkwater and Cypress Hills will see the warmest daytime high in the region — 16 C — under a mix of sun and cloud, with a southeast wind of 20 km/h becoming light this morning. The UV index reaches 3 or moderate. Monday night will be partly cloudy with a northwest wind of 20 km/h developing and a low of plus 1. No wind chill is forecast for the area through the day.

Brooks

Brooks woke to minus 1.1 C at 6 a.m. Monday, with a southeast wind at 8 km/h, a wind chill of minus 4 and humidity of 88 per cent at the Brooks station. The day will bring a mix of sun and cloud with winds up to 15 km/h, a wind chill of minus 6 through the morning and a high of 14 C — the coolest in the region. UV index is 2 or low. Monday night will be partly cloudy and calm with a low of minus 1, the only below-zero overnight reading forecast across southeastern Alberta.

Outlook

Tuesday brings another mix of sun and cloud to most of the region, with highs of 12 C in Medicine Hat, Irvine, Bow Island and Brooks and 14 C in the Cypress Hills, as northwest winds of 20 km/h ease near midday. Overnight lows Tuesday will be near zero or plus 1. Wednesday turns sunny with the warmest readings of the stretch — highs of 17 C at Elkwater to 21 C in Medicine Hat — under clear skies and light winds, followed by another clear night with lows of 4 to 6 C across most of the region.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.