With Snowfall Warnings now in place for much of Southern and Central Manitoba, it appears sleds and toboggans will be getting more use than bikes at the beginning of Spring Break. Environment Canada has issued Snowfall Warnings for essentially all areas along and north of the Trans Canada Highway between the Saskatchewan and Ontario border.
Here in the southwest, the Melita, Virden, Souris, Brandon, Boissevain and Killarney regions are currently not within the Warning area, but we are still expecting accumulating snowfall starting tonight and lasting through Friday.
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15 to 25cms is possible in the warning area, with lesser amounts south of the Number 1 highway. At this point, 5 to 10cms seems likely for the southwestern corner of the province.
Travel conditions will deteriorate starting Thursday night, and will remain poor throughout the day Friday.
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Visibility will be significantly reduced due to heavy snowfall and localized blowing snow, as northeasterly winds gust to 70 km/h beginning tonight and continuing through Friday.
The snow will taper off Friday night, with cooler than average temperatures expected for the weekend.