WINNIPEG – All of Manitoba, including Winnipeg, is under an extreme cold warning. An Arctic ridge of high pressure has allowed for a very cold air mass to settle over southern Manitoba. This is causing wind chill values of -40 or colder. Some areas may rebound slightly on Saturday afternoon but this extreme cold warning…
Warm Spell Continues
WINNIPEG – Just two weeks after frigid temperatures and an erratic snow storm swept through the province, more mild Manitoba days are on their way. This week calls way above normal temperatures, with a high of 1 today and clearing skies. Our 30-year average around this time of year is -12, with a low of…
Xmas Thaw Coming
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s unpredictable extreme weather continues this week, with frigid temperatures replacing Wednesday’s winds that had measured as high as 64 km/h. Environment Canada has issued a Christmas Eve extreme cold warning for southern Manitoba, stating that temperatures could dip as low as -42 with the wind chill. Wind chills of -45 are being…
Winter Storm Closed Highways
WINNIPEG – The worst of last night’s storm missed the city but the snow we did get, about five centimetres, really blew around will wind gusts up to 70 kilometres an hour. A hydro pole fire knocked the power out overnight for much of Transcona. There were also outages in Westman The Interlake, Parkland region…
Blowing Snow Advisory
WINNIPEG – Environment Canada has issued a blowing snow advisory for Winnipeg. Most of southern Manitoba is under a winter storm warning. Some areas have blizzard warnings. A northeast wind will pick up tonight and gust to 70 kilometres an hour. The same tomorrow. Snow is expected to start falling this morning and it should…
White Xmas After All
Grab your shovel if you haven’t already. With much of December being snow-free, it’s likely many had wondered if we’d have to wait ’til next year to see more. A major weather system came to town a little earlier than expected, bearing gifts of as much as 30 cm of snow for the prairies this…
Windy Day On The Way
WINNIPEG – A few flurries will end this morning as it becomes a sunny but very windy day today. Gusts will peak around noon at about 70 kilometres an hour our of the northwest. Temperatures will fall to -13 this afternoon, with a wind chill near -23. For the weekend, windy again tomorrow and -11…
Weather Network’s Fall & Winter Forecast
WINNIPEG – The Weather Network’s fall and winter forecast, released this morning, is predicting Manitoba can look forward to pleasant autumn conditions well into November this year. This good news comes just after fall fell on us well before many were ready to say goodbye to summer. Despite the early September chill, Chief meteorologist Chris…
Tornadoes & Cities
WINNIPEG – It may seem like tornadoes always hit rural areas, like that deadly twister in southwestern Manitoba earlier this month but that’s not the case. Cities represent over 62 percent of the population but only 3.5 percent of the land mass. So if there were 1,000 tornadoes, 35 would plow through cities and 965…
Heat Warning
WINNIPEG – Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Winnipeg and much of southern Manitoba. Daytime highs of 32 degrees and overnight lows of 16 are expected for the next two days. Humidity will also be a concern with humidex values climbing to 40 tomorrow. Cooler air will move in Saturday, bringing an end…