Southeastern Alberta is starting Tuesday near the freezing mark under mainly clear to partly cloudy skies, with afternoon highs ranging from 12 C in the Medicine Hat and Bow Island areas to 13 C near Brooks. Environment Canada forecasts a warming trend through the rest of the week, with sunny skies and highs reaching 20 to 21 C by Wednesday and Thursday.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, it was 0.5 C under mainly clear skies, with a west wind at 8 km/h, humidity at 86 per cent and visibility of 16 km. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud Tuesday with a high of 12 C and a UV index of 2. Tuesday night will be clear with a south wind developing at 20 km/h overnight and a low of plus 2. Wednesday brings sunshine, a southwest wind of 20 km/h gusting to 40 and a high of 20 C.

Irvine

Irvine recorded minus 0.2 C at 6 a.m. with a wind chill of minus 3, a west wind at 7 km/h and humidity at 95 per cent. Environment Canada is calling for a mix of sun and cloud Tuesday, with a high of 12 C and a UV index of 2. Skies clear Tuesday night as a south wind builds to 20 km/h overnight; low of plus 2. On Wednesday, expect sunshine and a southwest wind of 20 km/h gusting to 40, with a high of 20 C.

Bow Island

The Bow Island Climate station reported 0.3 C at 6 a.m. Tuesday, with a west-northwest wind at 9 km/h, humidity of 84 per cent and rising pressure at 102.3 kPa. A mix of sun and cloud is forecast through the afternoon with a high of 12 C and a UV index of 2. Clearing skies are expected Tuesday night, with a south wind arriving at 20 km/h overnight and a low of plus 2. Wednesday will be sunny with a southwest wind of 20 km/h gusting to 40 and a high of 20 C.

Brooks

Brooks woke to minus 0.2 C at 6 a.m., with a wind chill of minus 2, a north-northwest wind at 5 km/h and humidity of 80 per cent. Environment Canada forecasts mainly sunny skies Tuesday — a slightly brighter outlook than areas to the south — with a high of 13 C and a UV index of 2. Clear skies continue overnight, with a south wind after midnight at 20 km/h and a low of plus 1. Wednesday will be sunny with a high of 21 C; a southwest wind of 20 km/h gusting to 40 is expected to ease to light in the afternoon. Showers are in the forecast for Thursday night with a low of plus 5.

Outlook

Environment Canada is forecasting sunny skies Wednesday across the region, with highs of 20 C in the Medicine Hat, Irvine and Bow Island areas and 21 C near Brooks; a southwest wind of 20 km/h gusting to 40 is expected Wednesday morning before easing near Brooks in the afternoon. Thursday continues the warm stretch with sunshine and highs of 19 to 21 C, though clouds are expected to increase Thursday night — and Brooks could see showers with a low of plus 5.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.

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