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UPDATE: As of 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Winnipeg is no longer under a snowfall warning.
Previously:
Much of southern and central Manitoba remains under a snowfall warning Friday morning, as a significant winter storm rolls through the province.
Over the past 24 hours, the system has blanketed the province in heavy snowfall, leading to highway closures and treacherous driving conditions inside the city.
Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Brad Vrolijk says it's been a bit of a journey.
"What we saw yesterday was essentially in the evening, a very, very heavy band of snow set up over parts of Winnipeg," said Vrolijk. "If you found yourself on the north and northeast side of the city in just a couple of hours around 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. or so last night, you got 10 centimetres of snow in just those two hours on the north end of the city. However, if you found yourself further south, and especially towards the south perimeter, you might have seen nothing or just a dusting."
The heavy snow continued overnight, with a few breaks here and there heading into the morning.
"We're sitting at quite a bit of snow across the city, but it's a stark difference from the south side to the north side of the city," said Vrolijk. "It looks like roughly around 5 centimetres on the south side of the city and up in North Kildonan, East St. Paul and those areas of the city, somewhere between 20 and 30 centimetres has already fallen."
Vrolijk says we can expect to see more snow move from the west this morning, with heavy snowfall at times.
"Most likely, the city should see another two to five centimeters this morning, but if we get one of those bands, it's very hard to tell where they're going ahead of time."
The snow is expected to taper off by lunchtime, with temperatures below freezing for the next couple of days before returning to normal early next week.