Riley Laychuk's weekend forecast: sunshine for the south

All right, welcome to the weekend. A big weekend, of course, with the Santa Claus Parade taking place in downtown Winnipeg. And how could we forget to visit from this guy himself a little bit early? Still another, you know, month and a bit before he'll come for real. But looking at a temperature around three degrees, mainly sunny skies by the time the parade starts. Don't forget, sunsets not till about quarter to six or so. Might be a bit windy, so maybe put the kids in layers if you're heading out there as we get through the afternoon hours here. Looking at mainly sunny skies persisting. Into Sunday and into Monday as well, at least for the southern half of the province. Northern Manitoba will kind of be ebbing and flowing in and out of some of this cloud cover, so not a totally cloudy weekend for the north, but more like cloudy with sunny breaks. Looking at temperatures around 6, 7 degrees on the western side of the province, 4s and 5s for the Red River Valley. Above seasonal for this time of the year. We'll push the envelope a little bit further as we get into Sunday. Some parts of the west could crack 10 degrees by the time we're into the afternoon. And we'll get some of that warmth into the Red River Valley as we head into next week. So 10 degrees for Monday for Winnipeg. Still likely a little bit breezy at times. And then we're looking at temperatures more like 9 and 8. Still well above seasonal for this time of the year as we get into the middle of that.