Sunny and mild Tuesday across southeastern Alberta

Southeastern Alberta is waking up to clear, cold conditions Tuesday morning, with temperatures ranging from minus 3.7 C at Lodge Creek to plus 4.9 C at Irvine. Environment Canada forecasts sunny to mainly sunny skies across the region through the day, with highs climbing into the low double digits from Medicine Hat to Brooks. A south wind of 20 km/h will ease through the morning. Fog patches are expected to develop after midnight in several communities before clearing Wednesday.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, skies were clear and the temperature was minus 2.1 C, with a wind chill of minus 6 and a southwest wind at 12 km/h. Environment Canada calls for sunny skies Tuesday with a south wind of 20 km/h becoming light through the morning and a high of 13 C. The UV index will be 2, or low. Tuesday night brings a few clouds, fog patches developing after midnight, winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 4, with a wind chill of minus 8 overnight.

Irvine

Irvine recorded 4.9 C at 6 a.m. Tuesday — the warmest observation in the region — with a south wind at 20 km/h and humidity at 59 per cent. Environment Canada is calling for a sunny day, with a south wind of 20 km/h becoming light this morning and a high of 13 C; the UV index will be 2, or low. Overnight, expect a few clouds and fog patches developing after midnight, winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 4, with a wind chill of minus 8.

Bow Island

Bow Island was sitting at minus 0.3 C at 6 a.m. Tuesday, observed at the Bow Island Climate station, with a south-southeast wind at 20 km/h and a wind chill of minus 6. Environment Canada expects sunny skies through the day, with that south wind of 20 km/h easing to light through the morning and a high of 13 C. The UV index reaches 2, or low. A few clouds move in Tuesday night, with fog patches forming after midnight, winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 4, wind chill minus 8.

Elkwater and Cypress Hills

Lodge Creek reported minus 3.7 C at 6 a.m. Tuesday, the coldest reading across the region, with a light west wind at 2 km/h and a wind chill of minus 5. Environment Canada forecasts a sunny day for Elkwater and the Cypress Hills, with a southeast wind of 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon and a high of 9 C; the wind chill will be minus 9 through the morning. The UV index is 2, or low. Tuesday night: a few clouds, fog patches after midnight, winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 5, wind chill minus 11.

Brooks

Brooks was at minus 1.9 C at 6 a.m. Tuesday, recorded at the Brooks station, with a south-southeast wind at 11 km/h and a wind chill of minus 6. Environment Canada is calling for mainly sunny skies, a south wind of 20 km/h becoming light through the morning and a high of 11 C — slightly cooler than Medicine Hat and Irvine. The morning wind chill will reach minus 12; the UV index is 1, or low. Overnight, a few clouds, winds up to 15 km/h, a low of minus 6 and a wind chill of minus 10.

Outlook

Wednesday brings mainly sunny skies across southeastern Alberta, with fog patches dissipating in the morning and highs of 7 to 8 C; wind chills of minus 8 to minus 11 are expected in the morning. Wednesday night will be clear and cold, with lows ranging from minus 4 in Brooks to minus 5 elsewhere. Thursday looks to be the warmest day of the stretch, with sunny skies and highs of 9 C in Elkwater and the Cypress Hills, 13 C in Brooks and 14 C in Medicine Hat, Irvine and Bow Island, according to Environment Canada.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.