Snow. More of it.
Yet more snow is on the way for Winnipeg and the Red River Valley as another complex of low pressure systems swings through the region. While amounts won’t be too excessive, it will have a notable impact as Winnipeg begins to struggle with the fact that nearly an entire season’s worth of snow fell in about 4 weeks and places to put new snow are getting low while tempers flare.
Snow begin today and arrive in two main waves. The first will start midday and taper off to flurries by evening, while the second begins late overnight and tapers off early Tuesday morning. The first batch of snow will be of moderate strength, generally dropping around 4-8 cm of snow. The second batch had looked about equal in strength, but models have trended towards a more northerly track and being slightly weaker, which would more likely mean just some flurries for the Red River Valley on Tuesday morning. In a worst case scenario, the area of snow would track a bit further south and bring an additional 2-5 cm of snow primarily to the northern half of the Red River Valley. At this point though, we’re expecting accumulating snowfall this afternoon and on and off flurries until midday Tuesday.
Temperatures will stay the course through the snow with highs near -16°C and steady temperatures tonight near -17°C. Tomorrow night will be much cooler as skies clear and temperature drop back towards -25°C.
Winds won’t be too much of an issue save for a brief period of gusty winds on Tuesday morning that may result in some brief blowing snow out in the open of the Red River Valley.
Wednesday will bring fairly sunny skies and cold temperatures with a high of just -21°C.
Long Range
Temperatures will once again plummet in the second half of the week with Thursday night seeing temperatures bottom out in the -30s. Things look up from there (not that there’s much worse it can get), and it appears we may see a shift back towards seasonal to above-seasonal temperatures on the weekend. Perfect for the newly opened skating trail on the Red River down at The Forks!
Winnipeg’s seasonal daytime high is currently -13°C while the seasonal overnight low is -24°C.
