After some summer-in-October weather, the Thanksgiving weekend gets a a decidedly autumnal start ahead of some more seasonal temperatures.
Friday’s forecast high is just 9 C with a 30 per cent chance of showers and a northwest wind at 20 km/h, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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The mercury is expected to dip to 0 C overnight with skies clearing after midnight.
For Saturday, the forecast high is 11 C with sunny skies expected to turn mixed in the afternoon and wind becoming southwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the morning.
There’s a 30 per cent chance of showers Saturday night with an expected low of 7 C.
A 30 per cent chance of showers is on tap again Sunday with mixed skies, a forecast high of 13 C and an overnight low of 4 C.
Thanksgiving Monday is expected to reach 12 C under cloudy skies with an overnight low of 2 C.
Thursday hit a balmy 22.4 C but “normals” for this time of year are highs of 14 C and lows of 5 C.
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