Edmonton weather for Oct. 9: Coolness arrives [Video]

Gusty wind Tuesday night ushered in a much cooler airmass that’ll stick around for a few days.

Temperatures hit highs of 23 C on Monday and 21 C on Tuesday. But, we’ll be below 15 C for afternoon highs the today, Thursday and probably Friday.

There’s some significant uncertainty with the temperature outlook for the long weekend. A strong upper ridge will develop…so we’re definitely in for a warm and mostly sunny Sunday/Monday.

BUT…whether we get to highs near 20 C or highs IN THE 20s remains to be seen.

For now, I’ll play it conservative and go with highs near 20 C.

Until then, we’ll be a lot closer to average with highs in the 10 to 14 C range in Edmonton and area.

There are two chances for showers in the Edmonton region today. The first will move through this morning and should clear out of the area …