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WOCN11 CWWG 262047
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:47 P.M. CDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= CITY OF WINNIPEG
=NEW= DUGALD - BEAUSEJOUR - GRAND BEACH
=NEW= BISSETT - VICTORIA BEACH - NOPIMING PROV. PARK - PINE FALLS
=NEW= WHITESHELL - LAC DU BONNET - PINAWA
SELKIRK - GIMLI - STONEWALL - WOODLANDS
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN
BRANDON - NEEPAWA - CARBERRY - TREHERNE
VIRDEN - SOURIS
ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
DAUPHIN - RUSSELL - ROBLIN - WINNIPEGOSIS
MINNEDOSA - RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
STE. ROSE - MCCREARY - ALONSA - GLADSTONE
SWAN RIVER - DUCK MOUNTAIN - PORCUPINE PROVINCIAL FOREST
GRAND RAPIDS - WATERHEN.
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==DISCUSSION==
HEAVY, RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
HEAVY SNOW AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW, BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND ENDING OVERNIGHT FRIDAY.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN ALBERTA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN THURSDAY BRINGING HEAVY, RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
TO PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MANITOBA. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DETERIORATE THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW.
GENERALLY 10-20 CM OF FRESH SNOW IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING
ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOW, WITH THE CITIES OF BRANDON AND WINNIPEG ON THE EDGE
OF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW.
SNOWFALL WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MANITOBA AS THE EVENT NEARS AND CONFIDENCE INCREASES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
MBSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING
(HASH)MBSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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