979
WWCN11 CWWG 100233
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:33 PM CDT FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2009.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...
SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
=NEW= CITY OF WINNIPEG
SELKIRK - GIMLI - STONEWALL - WOODLANDS - ERIKSDALE
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN
ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN.
10 CM OF SNOW FOR THE WESTERN PART OF WINNIPEG. SNOW CONTINUES
OVER CENTRAL INTERLAKE REGION. SNOWSQUALLS OFF LAKE MANITOBA.
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==DISCUSSION==
AS OF 9 PM SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE CITY OF WINNIPEG..WITH
ABOUT 4 CM ACCUMULATION AT THE WEATHER OFFICE LOCATED DOWNTOWN.
SNOWFALL IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CITY IS BEING ENHANCED BY A
LAKE-EFFECT STREAMER COMING OFF LAKE MANITOBA..THUS MORE SNOWFALL IS
ANTICIPATED HERE AND 10 CM ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT.
A SNOWFALL WARNING HAS THUS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CITY OF WINNIPEG.
OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WILL SEE LESSER ACCUMULATION..WITH ABOUT 5 CM
BEING AVERAGE.
MEANWHILE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MANITOBA WITH THE BULK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACROSS THE
CENTRAL INTERLAKE THROUGH THE FISHER BRANCH..ARBORG AND HECLA AREAS.
ANOTHER 5 CM OF SNOW IS LIKELY THIS EVENING BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF WITH
STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 20 CM LIKELY.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE 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. THESE NARROW BUT
LOCALLY INTENSE LAKE EFFECT BANDS WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES WITH LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CM POSSIBLE TONIGHT
NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG. THE MAIN BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SET UP ALONG HIGHWAY 6 FROM ST LAURENT THROUGH WOODLANDS AS WELL AS
WEST OF WINNIPEG TOWARDS ELIE. NOTE THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE
SELKIRK GIMLI AND PORTAGE REGIONS AWAY FROM LAKE MANITOBA WILL
RECEIVE LESS AMOUNTS OF SNOW. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWBANDS ARE EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN BY MORNING.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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