Updated Saturday, January 25th at 11:59am - Late Saturday morning, Environment Canada ended the Blowing Snow Advisory in effect for the region. With that said, blustery conditions are expected for the early afternoon, with northwesterly gusts between 30 and 50km/h, before winds become light later today.
Temperatures will remain steady around -12 degrees.
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A Blowing Snow Advisory is in effect for the Pembina and Red River Valleys Saturday morning, including Morden, Winkler, Carman, Altona, Emerson, Morris, Steinbach and Winnipeg.
"The combination of yesterday's light snow, additional snowfall overnight and very gusty northwesterly winds behind a cold front that's pushing through, has created yet another scenario perfect for significantly reduced visibility in blowing and drifting snow," said CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner.
Environment Canada says we can expect northwesterly winds of 50 km/h gusting to 70 Saturday morning, before the gusts begin to diminish later in the morning and become light some time Saturday afternoon. According to the latest information from Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure, highways throughout the region are partly snow covered, with poor visibility in blowing snow.
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"A cooler airmass is flowing in behind that cold front, and temperatures will drop throughout the day," added Sumner. "Compared to Friday, Saturday afternoon temperatures will be 8 to 10 degrees cooler, landing around -12 to -14."
The weather rollercoaster this week continues Sunday, with a warmer airmass moving in overnight Saturday, and temperatures rising by Sunday morning. Highs Sunday, alongside mainly sunny conditions, will be around -4.
"Well above average temperatures are expected for the first few days of next week," noted Sumner. "The upper level wind pattern will turn westerly, meaning warm, moist Pacific air will be transported over the Prairies Monday, Tuesday and possibly Wednesday with highs nearing zero or even slightly above."