Edmonton weather: Sunny and warm, but gusty

According to CTV Edmonton's Cory Edel, Tuesday is going to be a warm but windy day.

Daytime highs should jump back into the 20s today and Wednesday in Edmonton.

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So, we’re still on pace for the third-warmest start to May in the past decade.

Only 2023 and 2016 had hotter average highs through the first week of the month.

But...wind will be an issue today and Wednesday.

Today, we’re looking at southerly wind around 20 km/h with gusts around 40 km/h starting mid-morning and continuing through the afternoon.

Gusts could pick up to 50 km/h this evening and overnight and that’ll carry right through into early Wednesday morning.

Through the day Wednesday, gusts should back off to around 30 km/h.

Then...a cold front slices across the province Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

There’s a chance of some scattered showers ahead of that front in the Peace Country Wednesday afternoon, but that doesn’t look like it’ll produce much moisture near the Grande Prairie-area wildfire.

The best chance for some showers (and possibly some thunderstorms) will be from Jasper/Hinton northeast through the Swan Hills region and up near Fort McMurray.

For the Edmonton area, there’s a slight chance of a shower late Wednesday night and/or early Thursday morning.

Temperatures will drop about 10 degrees from Wednesday to Thursday.

After a daytime high near 27 C Wed...we’ll be around 16 C on Thursday. AND...gusty again Thursday.

Friday/Saturday look calmer, sunnier and temperatures will rebound. We should back to a high near 20 C Friday and into the low 20s for the weekend.

Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:

Today - Mainly sunny. Wind becoming S 20 gusting to 40 km/h.

High: 22

Tonight - A few clouds. Wind S 20-30 gusting to 50 km/h.

9pm: 17

Wednesday - Partly cloudy in the morning, Sunny in the afternoon.

Wind S 20 gusting to 40 in the morning, then SW 15 gusting to 30 in the afternoon.

Morning Low: 12

Afternoon High: 27

30% chance of a shower overnight.

Thursday - 40% chance of a shower early in the morning, then afternoon sunny breaks.

Wind NW 20 gusting to 40-50 km/h

Morning Low: 8

Afternoon High: 16

Friday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 4

Afternoon High: 19

Saturday - Partly cloudy.

Morning Low: 8

Afternoon High: 22

Sunday - Mix of sun & cloud.

Morning Low: 10

Afternoon High: 23