Late-season Alberta clipper expected to bring snow, precipitation across central, southern Manitoba
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Environment Canada issued a series of snowfall warnings and special weather statements for areas across southern and central Manitoba on Monday, ahead of a late-season Alberta Clipper storm forecast to hit parts of the province starting late Tuesday and continuing later into the week.
About 15 to 20 centimetres of snow is expected to fall across a wide swath of central Manitoba, according to the federal agency’s yellow-level snowfall warning. Yellow alerts are issued when hazardous weather conditions could cause damage or disruption, typically with moderate, localized or short-term impacts.
The Alberta clipper is expected to bring heavy snow to parts of western and central Manitoba starting on Tuesday afternoon, tapering off overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.
The warning covers an area from Dawson Bay in the north to the Winnipeg area in the south, spanning across the province from its western to eastern borders, according to an Environment Canada map. That includes Dauphin and Gimli.
Environment Canada says residents should prepare for fast-changing and deteriorating travel conditions, including accumulating snow on roads and walkways. Local utility outages are possible, the agency said.
A previous Alberta clipper brought gusting winds and blowing snow to downtown Winnipeg last December. (Prabhjot Singh Lotey/CBC)
Special weather statements were also issued across a strip of southern Manitoba ahead of the late-season storm expected to blow through from late Tuesday into Wednesday.
The impacted area stretches from border to border, according to the map, reaching as far north as Grand Marais and as far south as Marchand. That includes Winnipeg and Brandon.
Environment Canada said there remains “considerable uncertainty” around how much snow will accumulate or melt in this region, as areas along the Trans-Canada Highway are forecast to see temperatures around the freezing mark.
The snow could become mixed with rain in areas near or south of the highway, which would limit snow buildup, the agency said. It cautioned that snowfall warnings may extend further south as the system gets closer.
