Heavy snow expected to hit parts of southern Manitoba Thursday

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 26, 2025 7:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Heavy snowfall is expected to deed parts of southwestern and south-central Manitoba this week, with 10 to 20 centimetres forecast to physique up betwixt Thursday and Friday. 

On Wednesday, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued snowfall warnings for a ample swath of occidental Manitoba to the westbound of Lake Winnipgosis and to the westbound and southbound of Lake Manitoba. The warnings see the Porcupine Provincial Forest, Duck Mountain, Dauphin, Riding Mountain National Park, Russell and Minnedosa areas.

The heaviest snowfall, which volition bring localized blowing snowfall and reduced visibility, is expected to commencement precocious Thursday afternoon and extremity overnight Friday.

Travel successful the affected areas volition go much unsafe precocious Thursday and passim the time connected Friday, Environment Canada said, informing travellers to beryllium cautious and set to roadworthy conditions portion driving done rapidly accumulating snow. 

Environment Canada besides issued a peculiar upwind connection for overmuch of the remainder of confederate Manitoba, including the Brandon and Winnipeg areas, advising that heavy, rapidly accumulating snowfall is expected implicit the aforesaid period.

The nonstop way of the heaviest snowfall was unclear arsenic of Wednesday, the bureau said, with the cities of Brandon and Winnipeg connected the borderline of the heaviest snow. Snowfall warnings volition apt beryllium issued for different parts of confederate Manitoba arsenic the strategy gets closer, Environment Canada said.

The snowfall is the effect of a processing low-pressure strategy successful Alberta blowing crossed the borderline into confederate Saskatchewan and into southwestern Manitoba. 

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