Edmonton weather for Oct. 8: One more warm day [Video]

The upper ridge continues to dominate the weather pattern over Alberta.

Most areas remain well above the seasonal averages again today. We hit 23 C in Edmonton on Monday and should get to 22 or 23 C again this afternoon.

But, we’ll slip back closer to average for Wednesday-Friday as the ridge breaks down.

We’re getting showers across northern Alberta today, right along the northern edge of the upper ridge.

But, as that ridge collapses to the south, that feed of cloud and showers will be through central and north-central Alberta Wednesday.

It doesn’t look like we’ll see any steady or heavy rain in the Edmonton area. But, we’ll probably get some occasional scattered showers.

After Wednesday, the pattern looks dry through to the end of the long weekend.

Speaking of the long weekend: There’s another warm spell coming.

An upper ridge builds back to the north and we’ll get …