Mild and dry: Environment Canada issues predictions for fall

Fall is officially here — but the forecast has other ideas.

Above-seasonal temperatures are on tap for the foreseeable future, according to Environment Canada meteorologist David Phillips.

“Look at this next seven days: We have temperatures that are like double-digit temperatures higher than they should be,” Phillips said on Wednesday’s Greg Morgan Morning Show. “Instead of frost and the early coming of snow, it’s looking balmy.

“Summer is trying to hang on with its fingertips.”

Phillips says Saturday’s high of 33.3 C was the second-hottest day “so late in the year” over the last 140 years.

He doesn’t anticipate another day such as Saturday over the next few months, but Phillips does expect this fall to look different compared to recent years.

“I think any kind of cool weather that comes will be tempered by the fact that we have that residual summer heat,” Phillips said. “Our models are showing milder and drier-than-normal conditions for the fall so there’s going to be lots of glorious outdoor weather still.

“There is the fact that if we get a decent fall it’s going to make winter that much shorter.”

Both Regina and Saskatoon are expected to see at least five days of above-average temperatures over the next week.