Soaring temperatures during the day, little relief overnight prompts heat warning in southern Manitoba

CBC News

· Posted: May 11, 2025 10:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Stifling temperatures during the time with small alleviation overnight person prompted a vigor informing for southeastern Manitoba, including successful Winnipeg, but by the extremity of the week the thermometer volition beryllium backmost astir the freezing mark. 

Starting connected Sunday and until Tuesday, daytime highs are expected to soar into the mid-low 30s. Overnight, the somesthesia is expected to hover astir 16 C oregon warmer.  

Temperatures volition mean by Wednesday erstwhile chances of showers are forecasted overnight. 

Winnipeg is expected to spot a precocious of 22 C connected Thursday, which volition marque its mode down to an overnight debased of 0 C by Friday, according to Environment Canada's forecast for Sunday morning.

The City of Winnipeg is sending h2o tanks to 4 sites crossed the metropolis to springiness radical a spot to chill disconnected and get cleanable drinking h2o arsenic temperatures are forecast to rise.

Extreme vigor tin impact everyone's health, but the risks are greater for older adults and different susceptible people. Environment Canada is asking radical to ticker for aboriginal signs of vigor exhaustion, including headache, nausea, dizziness and aggravated fatigue. 

It besides said to guarantee nary 1 but children and pets are ne'er near unsocial successful closed vehicles.

To trim the wellness effects of heat, enactment retired of nonstop sunlight, portion plentifulness of h2o and enactment successful a chill space, closing blinds and unfastened windows if it is cooler extracurricular than wrong oregon turning connected aerial conditioning, Environment Canada said. 

In Winnipeg, metropolis leisure centres and libraries volition besides beryllium disposable for radical to chill disconnected and get drinking h2o during operating hours.

The metropolis besides said respective 24/7 harmless spaces passim Winnipeg volition beryllium accessible during the utmost weather, including Velma's House, West End 24/7, St. Boniface Street Links, and N'Dinawemak.

Special aerial prime statement

Environment Canada has issued a peculiar aerial prime connection adjacent The Pas arsenic plumes of fume billowing from wildfires burning successful Saskatchewan and Manitoba worsen aerial prime and trim visibility. 

Those 65 and older, large people, infants, young children and radical with an existing unwellness oregon chronic wellness conditions are much apt to beryllium impacted by outdoor aerial pollution, according to Environment Canada.

With expanding fume levels the national bureau is asking radical to bounds their clip outdoors, reschedule strenuous activities outside, and deterioration a disguise if they indispensable spell retired to trim the vulnerability to good particles successful the aerial that tin punctual wellness risks. 

When indoors, support windows and doors closed arsenic overmuch arsenic possible, but if determination is an utmost vigor lawsuit with mediocre aerial quality, prioritize keeping cool, Environment Canada said.