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WWCN11 CWWG 092157
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:57 PM CDT FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2009.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...
SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN
STE. ROSE - MCCREARY - ALONSA - GLADSTONE
ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN.
SNOW TAPERING OFF OVER WESTERN MANITOBA. SNOWSQUALLS EXPECTED
OFF LAKE MANITOBA TONIGHT.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...
SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED FOR:
DAUPHIN - ROBLIN - WINNIPEGOSIS
MINNEDOSA - NEEPAWA - RUSSELL - RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.
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==DISCUSSION==
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE WINNIPEG IS BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOW OVER AND AROUND LAKE MANITOBA INTO THE CENTRAL INTERLAKE AREA.
AS OF 3 PM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CM WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA INCLUDING 15 CM IN STE ROSE AND 13 CM IN MCCREARY.
MANITOBA HIGHWAYS REPORTS SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS IN THE AREA
WITH SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL IS NOT
ADVISED IN SOME AREAS.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO THIS EVENING WITH
ANOTHER 5 CM BEFORE TAPERING OFF. STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 20 CM ARE
LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TONIGHT. THE SNOW HAS EASED
ACROSS THE DAUPHIN AND RIDING MOUNTAIN AREAS THUS THE SNOWFALL
WARNING IS ENDED FOR THOSE AREAS.
MEANWHILE COLD NORTHWEST WINDS BLOWING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM
WATERS OF LAKE MANITOBA ARE PRODUCING LOCALIZED BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MANITOBA. THE SNOW BANDS WILL BE
NARROW BUT LOCALLY INTENSE GIVING LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
THE HEAVIEST BAND IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN WINNIPEG AND PORTAGE
LA PRAIRIE TONIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CM POSSIBLE.
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWBANDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY MORNING.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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