Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Record mild January day

What a beautiful day out there!!  Sunny skies and balmy southwest winds have raised temperatures up into record territory today, with an afternoon high of +5C in Winnipeg, beating the former mark of 3.3C set in 1880 and 1984. It's even warmer west of Winnipeg with Portage hitting a record +8C!  The above normal temperatures are expected to continue through the rest of the week before a cooldown to more normal temperatures over the weekend into next week. In fact, CPC's long range outlook calls for below normal temperatures over western Canada and the Prairies over the next week or two.   




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  1. A WARM WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY FLOODED RECORD BREAKING WARM AIR INTO THE PROVINCE. DESPITE DEEP SNOW COVER, TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE MID SINGLE DIGITS.

    HERE IS A SUMMARY OF UNOFFICIAL RECORD HIGHS AS OF 7 PM CST.

    LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD

    WINNIPEG.... 5.8 3.3 1984
    BRANDON..... 4.7 3.5 1984
    PORTAGE..... 8.3 5.3 1984
    DAUPHIN..... 6.0 5.0 1926
    BERENS RIVER 3.4 2.8 1964
    GIMLI....... 5.9 5.2 1984
    PINAWA...... 6.2 4.5 1984
    MELITA...... 5.1 0.8 2003
    GRETNA...... 5.2 2.2 1962
    PILOT MOUND 5.6 3.2 1984
    MORDEN...... 7.8 4.5 1985
    WILSON CREEK 7.9 6.5 1984

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