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WOCN11 CWWG 260926

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:26 A.M. CDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

=NEW= SELKIRK - GIMLI - STONEWALL - WOODLANDS

=NEW= PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN

=NEW= BRANDON - NEEPAWA - CARBERRY - TREHERNE

=NEW= VIRDEN - SOURIS

=NEW= STE. ROSE - MCCREARY - ALONSA - GLADSTONE

=NEW= ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN

=NEW= GRAND RAPIDS - WATERHEN

      DAUPHIN - RUSSELL - ROBLIN - WINNIPEGOSIS

      MINNEDOSA - RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

      SWAN RIVER - DUCK MOUNTAIN - PORCUPINE PROVINCIAL FOREST.



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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 WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 

20 CM POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RIDING, AND DUCK 

MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SWAN HILLS.



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.



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