A mild and mostly sunny Saturday is in store for southeastern Alberta, with highs in the mid-teens and westerly winds gusting to 50 or 60 km/h through the morning before easing in the afternoon, according to Environment Canada. Clouds will return Saturday evening as a south wind builds ahead of Sunday, when gusts could reach 80 km/h in some areas.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, skies were partly cloudy and the temperature was 11.6 C, with a southwest wind of 24 km/h gusting to 41 km/h. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud giving way to sunny skies Saturday morning, a high of 16 C, and a west wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50 that will ease to light by afternoon. The UV index will be 2, or low. Clouds move back in Saturday evening with a south wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50 developing, and a low of plus 4.

Irvine

Conditions at 6 a.m. near Irvine, based on the Medicine Hat airport station, showed partly cloudy skies at 11.6 C, with a southwest wind of 24 km/h gusting to 41 km/h. Environment Canada expects the morning clouds to clear to sunny skies, with a high of 16 C. A west wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50 will ease to light by afternoon. The UV index will be 2, or low. Cloudiness increases Saturday evening as a south wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50 develops, with a low of plus 4 overnight.

Bow Island

At 6 a.m. at the Bow Island Climate station, the temperature was 11.9 C, with a west-southwest wind of 38 km/h gusting to 52 km/h — the briskest observed conditions in the region at that hour. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud clearing to mainly sunny Saturday, a high of 16 C, and a west wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light in the afternoon. The UV index will be 2, or low. Skies cloud over Saturday evening with a south wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50 developing, and an overnight low of plus 4.

Elkwater and Cypress Hills

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, the nearest reporting station for the Cypress Hills area, skies were partly cloudy at 11.6 C, with a southwest wind of 24 km/h gusting to 41 km/h. Environment Canada calls for clearing Saturday with a high of 16 C; a southwest wind of 40 km/h gusting to 60 will ease to light during the afternoon. The UV index will be 2, or low. Clouds build back Saturday evening with a south wind of 30 km/h gusting to 50, and the low will be plus 2 — a couple of degrees cooler overnight than the lower-elevation communities.

Brooks

At 6 a.m. at the Brooks station, the temperature was 8.9 C with a west wind of 5 km/h — the coolest and calmest observed conditions in the region at that hour. Environment Canada calls for sunny skies Saturday with cloud building late in the afternoon, a high of 15 C, and a southwest wind of 30 km/h gusting to 60 that will ease to light by late morning. The UV index will be 1, or low. Saturday night will be mainly cloudy before clearing after midnight, with a south wind of 20 km/h gusting to 40 developing in the evening and a low of plus 4, rising to 9 by morning.

Outlook

Sunday brings a mix of sun and cloud to the region with highs of 14 to 16 C, but winds will increase sharply — south winds of 30 km/h gusting to 50 will shift to southwest and strengthen to 50 km/h gusting to 80 through the morning, according to Environment Canada. Overnight lows Sunday will range from zero in Brooks to plus 3 in the Medicine Hat area. Monday looks quieter and sunny, with highs of 12 to 13 C and lows near zero or slightly above, dropping to minus 1 in the Cypress Hills.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.

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