Daytime highs will be at least 11 degrees above average this weekend

A building ridge of high pressure situated over southern Alberta and B.C. is providing an infusion of warm air and creating stable weather conditions. Thursday’s daytime high in Calgary will be 26 C, which is seven degrees above average and that maximum temperature will be the coldest of the next five days. Low pressure systems to the east and west of this ridge will anchor the high in place until at least Monday, elevating both ends of the diurnal temperature cycle and diverting active we