Splash parks may see a little more activity this week as the temperature rises. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

By Rob Mahon

Warm Weather Ahead

Hot, humid weather ahead for Prince Albert

Aug 15, 2022 | 12:00 PM

Grey skies and heavy fog are not something the Prince Albert area is going to have to worry about for long. From here on out, the weekly forecast shows sunshine and heat aplenty.

According to Environment Canada’s forecast, there is no rain and not even very much in the way of cloud cover for the week to come. The next seven days will likely be the hottest stretch of August so far.

“Your skies should be clearing, fog should’ve dissipated by now as well,” said Natalie Hasell, regional meteorologist with Environment Canada. “We have, therefore, quite a bit of humidity. So in addition to temperatures, we should talk about humidex.”

Today’s forecasted high of 26 Celsius is going to feel more like 31 C with all the moisture in the air, and the humidity could stick around unto tomorrow. That may mean more fog is on the way after one of the foggiest mornings of the summer so far.

“Depending on how things dry out, we are expecting a low of 13 C tonight, so if the dew point is still pretty high, we could see fog overnight tonight and tomorrow morning,” said Hasell. “It just depends on how things dry up.”

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Humidity may start to drop as the week goes on because there’s no rain in the forecast, but it’s not going to matter because the temperature is still going to be hot. In fact, by far the hottest days of August are coming up for the weekend.

“Saturday’s forecast is 32 C right now,” Hasell said. “Humidity or not, it will be quite warm or even hot by the time we get to the weekend.”

If it feels like the Prince Albert area hasn’t had a proper heat wave yet this month, it’s because it haven’t. According to Hasell, the month of August sees 2.7 days (on average) where the temperature gets over 30 C but we haven’t reached that number yet with the month now almost half over.

“I’m not saying it can’t happen, we’re only halfway through the month,” said Hasell. “But usually by now we’d have seen at least one. That has not happened.”

Hasell added Prince Albert has been almost exactly on the average daytime mean temperature in both July and August so far this summer, so it’s been a normal summer in terms of averages even if we haven’t gotten too much extreme heat.

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