Friday starts hot but Winnipeg faces a wet weekend

Southern Manitoba's heat wave continued into Friday morning but there is a big change coming for the long weekend.

The overnight in Winnipeg low was a steamy 24 C and at 6 a.m. it felt more like 35 with the humidex. That overnight temperature broke a 79-year-old record.

According to Environment Canada, until last night the warmest overnight low was 18.9 C, set in 1936. Normal temperatures for this time of year are a daytime high of 21 C and overnight low of 8 C.

CBC meteorologist John Sauder says the rain will hit the Red River Valley around 5 p.m. or 6 p.m.

It will arrive earlier in the west and reach Kenora by about 9 p.m.

Winnipeg forecast

- High 27 C.

- Cloudy.

- Showers with thunderstorms beginning late in afternoon.

- Risk of severe thunderstorm.

- Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h.

- TONIGHT thunderstorms continue.

- Rain totals of 20-30 mm but up to 50 mm in some places.

- Wind becomes light late in evening and northwest 20 km/h before morning.

- Low 18 C.

John Sauder's weather journal for Sept. 4