Severe gusts leave Southern Manitoba wind blown for second consecutive weekend

An intense Alberta clipper crossing the province Saturday brought strong to severe wind gusts to much of Southern Manitoba. This was the second consecutive weekend these regions experienced winds between 70 and 90+ km/h

“It was a very similar scenario to what we had last Sunday through Monday,” explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. “Strong southerly winds ahead of the lows arrival due to its counterclockwise rotation, then shifting westerly and northwesterly as it moved through and the cold front passed.”

Gusts over 100 km/h recorded Monday

An intense low pressure system moving through northern Manitoba brought two days of high winds across southern Manitoba Sunday and Monday. According to a summary from Environment Canada, strong southerly winds gusting 70 to 80 km/h on Sunday and Sunday night gave way to widespread severe westerly winds gusting to 90 km/h or more at times later Monday morning and afternoon. 

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Summer in September, how hot and windy was it Thursday?

It's been Summer in September for the last few days, and Thursday was the hottest and windiest day, so far, of the well above average stretch.

Normals for the end of September are 17 degrees for daytime highs and 4 degrees overnight. Many locations were 12 to 15 degrees warmer than that yesterday.

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Wednesday morning rain only adds to already waterlogged region

Additional rainfall received Wednesday morning has only inflated already significant totals received across the region this week.

"The brief, but intense, downpour brought another significant dump in places that already had anywhere between 100 and 150mm earlier this week," explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. "The Winkler and Morden area, south into the R.M. of Stanley, based on our Rainwatcher reports, again appears to have received the highest totals."