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The Pembina Valley will see its second round of snowfall this week Wednesday night through Thursday morning, and this time around it's expected to be more than the couple of centimeters received earlier in the week.

We are getting into our Monday with less than ideal driving conditions in the aftermath of yesterday's wet snow and freezing drizzle.

"That moisture-packed low pressure system delivered on what we expected for the Pembina and Red River Valleys," explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. "Those areas landed in that 7-10cm+ range of heavy, wet snow, and that was followed by a little bit of freezing drizzle in some pockets of the region Sunday night. Add in temperatures which dropped from just above freezing to well below overnight, and that slushy mess has now frozen."

A strong, moisture filled low pressure system currently centred over Saskatchewan is still on track to bring significant snowfall to much of Southern Manitoba Sunday morning through Monday afternoon.

Updated Saturday, December 7th at 3:55 p.m. -  Ahead of the arrival of a potent low pressure system that's currently travelling across the Southern Prairies, Environment Canada has issued weather warnings of various types across all of Southern Manitoba.

For the Pembina Valley and Red River Valley west of the river:

Winter Storm Warnings are now in effect for these areas including Pilot Mound, Manitou, Morden, Winkler, Altona, Gretna and Morris with 10 to 20cms of snowfall possible.

We are waking up to a snowy, blowy, sloppy and stormy winter mess Wednesday morning. Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect for the Pilot Mound and Manitou areas, with Special Weather Statements continuing for the Pembina and Red River Valleys.

It appears not only was Tuesday’s wet weather an unusual for this time of year, it also appears it may be a record setter in a number of locations.

The first widespread winter weather event of the season is now underway across Southern Manitoba, with Winter Storm Warnings and Special Weather Statements in effect for essentially the entire region.

Updated Monday, November 18th at 4:50 a.m. - Environment Canada has extended the Winter Storm Watch to now include the Morden, Winkler, Carman, Altona, Emerson and Morris regions. This is in addition to all of Western Manitoba, which remains under a Winter Storm Watch.

More often than not when we talk about precipitation in November, we're talking about flaky white stuff, rather than drippy wet stuff. With that said, Sunday and overnight into Monday morning brought a fairly significant amount of rainfall to the region.

The latest round of Fall rainfall arrived Friday morning in portions of the region.