Well, Inkshedders, I hate to say this, but after reading the bulletin
from Environment Canada, I'm beginning to fear that our Manitoba buddies
are buried in the drifts . . . here's what EC had to say. (And I, for
one, am relieved that they've cancelled the snow warnings . . . )
Marcy (in southern Michigan, where all we've got to worry about is
tornadoes . . . )
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FPCN11 CWWG 252030
URBAN AND RURAL FORECASTS FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA ISSUED BY THE
MANITOBA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
4.00 PM CDT THURSDAY 25 APRIL 1996 FOR TONIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 9.30 PM.
1871 TO 1996..CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF WEATHER SERVICES TO CANADIANS.
SYNOPSIS.
A SPRING STORM THAT DUMPED 20 TO 25 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW OVER MANY
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MANITOBA HAS MOVED SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN
MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WAS PRECEDED BY 10 TO 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN IN
THE SOUTHERN REGIONS OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS TAPERING OFF AND WILL
END IN MOST REGIONS EARLY THIS EVENING.
SKIES WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
SOUTHWARD INTO MANITOBA FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. THIS HIGH
WILL BRING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
WINNIPEG CITY.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING ENDED.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. CLEARING BY MIDNIGHT.
WIND NORTHEAST 30 GUSTING TO 50 KM/H DIMINISHING TO NORTH 20
OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 9.
FRIDAY..SUNNY. WIND NORTH 20. HIGH 4. LOW FRIDAY NIGHT MINUS 7.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH 5.
SOUTHERN HALF RED RIVER
WHITESHELL REGIONS.
HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING CONTINUED.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
WIND NORTHEAST 30 GUSTING TO 50 KM/H DIMINISHING TO NORTH 20
OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 9.
FRIDAY..SUNNY. WIND NORTH 20. HIGH 4. LOW FRIDAY NIGHT MINUS 7.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH 5.
NORTHERN HALF RED RIVER
INTERLAKE
BISSETT REGIONS.
HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED.
TONIGHT..CLEARING THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTH 20 KM/H.
LOW MINUS 12.
FRIDAY..SUNNY. LIGHT NORTH WIND. HIGH 3. LOW FRIDAY NIGHT MINUS 9.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH 5.
BRANDON REGION.
WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
WIND NORTH 30 GUSTING TO 50 KM/H DIMINISHING TO 20 TONIGHT.
LOW MINUS 11.
FRIDAY..SUNNY. WIND EAST 20 KM/H. HIGH 5. LOW FRIDAY NIGHT MINUS 7.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH 5.
DAUPHIN REGION.
WEATHER ADVISORY ENDED.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND NORTHEAST 30 GUSTING TO 50 KM/H
DIMINISHING TO 20 TONIGHT. LOW MINUS 12.
FRIDAY..SUNNY. WIND EAST 20. HIGH 5. LOW FRIDAY NIGHT MINUS 7.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH 5.
END/GDM
Marcy Bauman
Writing Program
University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Rd.
Dearborn, MI 48128
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