Edmonton Weather: High winds and cloudy skies blow us into next week

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A look at Friday’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.

It’s 2 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 4 km/h winds out of the southwest.

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Sometimes, after a week of putting together such similar weather reports, the days all start to blurr together. Thank goodness it’s *checks notes* Friday!

Why do I say that? Well, this whole week has been a continuous refrain of “high winds and cloudy skies”, and this weekend won’t be much different. Friday’s forecast is an admittedly mostly clear-skied day, though that won’t do much to keep the wind down, as it blusters up to 40 km/h despite a high of 17 C. Those winds will of course persist throughout the night — I wish I had that kind of stamina — into Saturday, a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 14 C.

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Despite my bloviating, this might shape up to be a decent weekend, wind and all, so try to enjoy the outdoors if you can!

rostad@postmedia.com

Friday’s forecast

Friday: Clearing early this morning. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h late this morning. High 17 C. UV index 3 or moderate.

Night: Partly cloudy. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 5 C.

Saturday: A mix of sun and cloud. High 14 C. UV index 4 or moderate.

Sunrise: 6:39 a.m.

Sunset: 8:31p.m.

Normals:

Max: 11 C

Min:  0 C

On this day (1996-2023):

Highest temperature: 19.2 C in 2016

Lowest temperature: -11.5 C in 2022

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Thursday’s temperature

High: 13.5 C

Low: –1.6 C

Precipitation: 0.0 mm

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