Beausejour, Manitoba is set for a stretch of warm and mostly sunny weather after a week of severe storms swept across the region. Environment Canada says no alerts are in effect as the town of roughly 3,300 people looks toward daytime highs climbing into the low-to-mid twenties through the weekend.
Monday will bring the week’s roughest patch, with showers and a risk of thunderstorms pushing through, along with northerly winds gusting to 50 km/h. The high is expected to reach 21 C. By Tuesday, mainly sunny skies return and the temperature edges up to 22 C, offering a good window for outdoor plans.
Wednesday will be cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers and another high near 22 C. Thursday brings a full day of sun and 22 C before clouds and a 60 per cent chance of rain return on Friday, cooling things to 19 C. The weekend is shaping up nicely: a mix of sun and cloud Saturday with a high of 24 C, then similar conditions Sunday and a warm 25 C.
The calm stretch is a welcome shift after a powerful storm system hit southern Manitoba on June 9 and 10. That system spawned confirmed tornadoes near Ste. Anne and east of Morris, dumped 122 millimetres of rain in Winnipeg and up to 255 millimetres in Stonewall, and packed wind gusts as high as 130 km/h. Nearly 11,000 insurance claims were filed with Manitoba Public Insurance in its wake.
Spring flood risk has stayed low across eastern Manitoba this year, including the Beausejour area. The province’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre flagged elevated flooding concerns in the Interlake region, especially the Fisher River basin, back in April, but the eastern part of the province never faced the same threat. The Brokenhead River saw typical spring runoff without causing significant problems.
