Edmonton weather for Oct. 7: Peak of warm trend [Video]

Temperatures continue to climb through the next few days, but we’ll return to the low-to-mid teens Wednesday-Friday.

Edmonton hit highs of 15 C on Saturday and 18 C on Sunday. We should get slightly above 20 C today and Tuesday in the city.

It’ll be the first 20+ temperatures since Sept. 27, about a week-and-a-half ago.

We have a warm southwest flow with an upper ridge over central and southern Alberta.

Clouds and a few showers will stream across northern Alberta today and Tuesday, right along the northern edge of that ridge.

The ridge collapses a bit late Tuesday/Wednesday and that’ll give us some increasing cloud in the Edmonton region on Wednesday and a decent chance of showers (timing still uncertain at this point).

Afternoon highs slip to the 12 to 16 C range for Wednesday-Friday.

That’s closer to average, but still slightly above the long-term averages (average highs this …