Edmonton weather for Jan. 8: Melt continues [Video]

The warming trend continues, although it won’t be in a straight line over the coming days.

And, today’s warmest temperatures will probably be through the morning hours, with a slight drop coming this afternoon.

Wind speeds around 15-20 km/h with gusts in the 30-40 km/h range are likely for much of today.

So…we’ll be up around 5 C for a high today, then back around 0 C for a high Thursday. Back to the 5 C range for Friday and then returning to highs near 0 C for Sunday and Monday.

Looking longer-range: highs near 5 C are likely again for Tuesday/Wednesday of next week.

Bottom line…we’ll get some undulating daytime highs in the coming days, with all of them remaining solidly above average and most of them above 0 C.

(Average high for Jan. 8-12 is -8C.)

If we look really REALLY far out into the future, we may see some colder air move back in …