Edmonton weather for Oct. 18: Big cooldown begins Sunday [Video]

It’ll be a classic autumn “transition weekend” in the Edmonton area.

Warm air floods in on Saturday and then we’re back to average Sunday and near zero FOR AN AFTERNOON HIGH on Monday.

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We’re still out ahead of that warmest air today. Morning sun gives way to some afternoon clouds, but temperatures should be similar to yesterday with a high around 12 degrees.

The big change from yesterday will be the wind. Gusts were up around 60 km/h midday Thursday. Today, it’ll get a bit breezy this afternoon…but nowhere even close to yesterday.

We’ll have wind speeds around 15 gusting at times to 30 km/h for a few hours this afternoon.

A big area of low pressure off the west coast will kick in the warmer air from the south on Saturday.

Parts of southern Alberta will get to around 20.

The Edmonton region …