****0000002375**** WOCN11 CWWG 262047 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:47 P.M. CDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==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 END/PASPC