Daytime highs to range from 13 C to 23 C for at least the next 10 days

After weeks of inconsistency in both temperatures and weather conditions, southern Alberta is heading into a warmer pattern that will last for at least a week and a half.

The main weather-maker is a developing ridge of high pressure in the east Pacific basin that has edged into B.C. and is cutting through the southwestern corner of southern Alberta.

This ridge will allow warm air to continue to flood Western Canada, extending as far east as Manitoba and as far north as the Northwest Territories by the weekend.

Tuesday’s daytime high in Calgary will reach 13 C, and this will likely be the coldest daytime high until at least the end of next week.

There is a slight chance of light and scattered showers across central and southern Alberta Tuesday and Wednesday, but any precipitation that does fall will be brief and minimal.

Temperatures in Calgary will climb to 20 C on Thursday and Friday, and 23 C by Sunday.

The normal range in Calgary this time of year is 14 C for a high and 0 C for a low.