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AWCN11 CWWG 040252
SUMMARY WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:52 PM CST
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY 2009.
..SOUTHERN MANITOBA SNOWFALL SUMMARY..
A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING SOUTHERN MANITOBA LAST
NIGHT THROUGH TODAY BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO SOUTHERN PARTS
OF THE PROVINCE. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE REPORTED OVER THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROVINCE WHERE 15-20 CM WAS RECORDED.
HERE ARE SOME SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM VOLUNTEER SNOWFALL OBSERVERS
REPORTED TO ENVIRONMENT CANADA. WHERE POSSIBLE SNOWDEPTH ON THE
GROUND IS ALSO INCLUDED.
..SITE...... SNOWFALL .
SNOW ON GROUND
SPRAGUE........ 20 CM ...... N/A
STEINBACH...... 17 CM ...... 45 CM
BELMONT........ 16 CM ...... 76 CM
PINEY.......... 15 CM ...... 67 CM /TO 5 PM/
SCHANZENFELD... 15 CM ...... 34 CM /NEAR WINKLER/
CYPRESS RIVER.. 15 CM ...... 50 CM
ST ALPHONSE.... 12 CM ...... 38 CM
INDIAN BAY..... 12 CM ...... 40 CM /TO 330 PM/NEAR FALCON LAKE
CARMAN......... 12 CM ...... 20 CM
SNOWFLAKE...... 11 CM ...... 50 CM
STONY MTN...... 10 CM ...... N/A
BRANDON........ 6 CM ...... 39 CM
IN WINNIPEG, SNOWFALL REPORTS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 10-12 CM RANGE
WITH THIS SYSTEM. SNOWDEPTH IN THE CITY VARIES BETWEEN 25 AND 40 CM.
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