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SNOWFALL WARNING

FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 12:28 A.M. CDT FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2025.

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SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:

=NEW= CITY OF WINNIPEG

=NEW= R.M. OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE INCL. ST. AMBROISE

=NEW= R.M. OF ST. FRANCOIS XAVIER

=NEW= R.M. OF CARTIER INCL. ELIE ST. EUSTACHE AND SPRINGSTEIN

=NEW= R.M. OF HEADINGLEY

      SELKIRK - GIMLI - STONEWALL - WOODLANDS

      DUGALD - BEAUSEJOUR - GRAND BEACH

      BISSETT - VICTORIA BEACH - NOPIMING PROV. PARK - PINE FALLS

      WHITESHELL - LAC DU BONNET - PINAWA

      DAUPHIN - RUSSELL - ROBLIN - WINNIPEGOSIS

      MINNEDOSA - RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

      STE. ROSE - MCCREARY - ALONSA - GLADSTONE

      SWAN RIVER - DUCK MOUNTAIN - PORCUPINE PROVINCIAL FOREST

      ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN.



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==DISCUSSION==



SNOWFALL WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 25 CM IS EXPECTED.



HEAVY, RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN 

HEAVY SNOW AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES TONIGHT AND ENDS 

OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. 



A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN MONTANA IS MOVING INTO THE 

NORTHERN PLAINS OF THE UNITED STATES TONIGHT, BRINGING HEAVY, 

RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL 

MANITOBA. POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE HEAVY BANDS 

OF SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT, THEN GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE 

FRIDAY AS SNOWFALL RATES BEGIN TO EASE. 



GENERALLY 10 TO 30 CM OF FRESH SNOW IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING 

WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 30 CM ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF 

THE RIDING, AND DUCK MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SWAN HILLS. 



FOR THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY VARY 

SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE SOUTHERN TO NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE CITY. 

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS SYSTEM MAY RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 CM IN THE 

SOUTH TO POTENTIALLY MORE THAN 30 CM OVER THE NORTHERNMOST PORTIONS 

OF THE CITY.



BE PREPARED TO ADJUST YOUR DRIVING WITH CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. 

PREPARE FOR QUICKLY CHANGING AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. SURFACES SUCH 

AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT 

TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY 

PLANS AND KITS GO TO HTTPS://WWW.GETPREPARED.GC.CA/. 



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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