Medicine Hat weather: Fog clears, warm gusty weekend ahead

Fog is dissipating across southeastern Alberta Wednesday morning under clearing skies, according to Environment Canada. Temperatures will reach 7 C Wednesday before climbing through the week, with strong westerly winds arriving Thursday and a high of 15 C expected by Friday.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, it was minus 4.2 C with clear skies, a wind chill of minus 5 and north wind at 2 km/h. Environment Canada calls for clearing Wednesday morning as fog patches dissipate, with a high of 7 C and winds up to 15 km/h; the wind chill will sit around minus 6 through the morning. UV index is 1 or low. Wednesday night brings a few clouds with fog patches redeveloping overnight, a wind chill of minus 8 and a low of minus 5.

Irvine

At 6 a.m. at Irvine, the temperature was minus 3.7 C with 100 per cent humidity, a wind chill of minus 7 and west-northwest wind at 9 km/h. Environment Canada expects fog patches to lift Wednesday morning as conditions clear, with winds up to 15 km/h and a high of 7 C; the wind chill will be around minus 6 in the morning hours. UV index is 1 or low. Overnight, a few clouds move in with fog patches redeveloping and a low of minus 5; wind chill reaches minus 8.

Bow Island

At 6 a.m. at the Bow Island Climate station, the temperature stood at minus 4.4 C with southwest wind at 5 km/h, a wind chill of minus 7 and humidity at 93 per cent. Fog patches will dissipate Wednesday morning under clearing skies, Environment Canada says, with winds staying below 15 km/h and the high reaching 7 C. The UV index is 1 or low, and the wind chill will hover around minus 6 early in the day. Wednesday night sees a few clouds and returning fog patches, with winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 5.

Outlook

Thursday brings sunny skies to the region as fog patches clear by late morning, but west wind at 30 km/h gusting to 50 will make conditions feel brisk despite a high of 12 C; the overnight low drops to minus 1. Friday turns warmer and calmer, with sunny skies and a high of 15 C, followed by a clear Friday night and a low of 7 C, according to Environment Canada.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.