Hi..oh my, we still haven't heard from any Winnipeggers..I don't take this as a good sign.... ...I just hope that that swimming pool at the lodge is *inside*....m-l On Apr 25, 5:20pm, Marcy Bauman wrote: > Subject: Winnipeg Weather > 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 . . . ) > > > ============================================================================================================================================================= > 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 > > email: [log in to unmask] >-- End of excerpt from Marcy Bauman