Flurries and Localized Accumulating Snowfall Possible Across Southern Manitoba Between Friday and Saturday

As Alberta braces for the first winter storm of the season with more than 25cm of snow possible throughout the Rockies, Southwestern Manitoba will also be into the crosshairs of the same system on Saturday. The current model guidances suggest that the bulk of the moisture associated with this system will stay south of the border through North Dakota. As a result, the heaviest accumulation will be found in the southwestern corner of the province including locations such as Boissevain and Killarney.

The clipper will start to move into the province early Saturday morning just after midnight lasting for much of the early part of Saturday. These areas could see a few centimetres of accumulation or as much as 5cm although that’s questionable. The rest of Southern Manitoba will see little impact from the system with the higher chance of some flurries along the American border including Winkler and Steinbach. There is also the potential for lake effect flurries to develop off of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba throughout the day on Friday. It will be very scattered and not everyone will see them, but it could bring a few flakes to areas like Winnipeg, Gimli and Ashern.