'Big storm system' in Prairies heading to Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada
CTV
A Colorado low system is making its way across some portions of Canada, bringing snow, while other communities in the country are seeing heat records broken.
A Colorado low storm system is bringing "heavy" snow to portions of Saskatchewan and Manitoba on Thursday.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for areas close to Yellowgrass Lang and Lewvan, Sask., and portions south of Winnipeg.
Manitoba's capital city and the surrounding area are under a snowfall warning as of Thursday morning. Accumulation totals could be between 10 to 15 centimetres, the Environment Canada warning reads.
Higher snow amounts are expected in western Manitoba near the Riding Mountains, the weather agency says.
The snow is expected to taper off Thursday evening into Friday before moving into northwest Ontario, CTV Your Morning's meteorologist Kelsey McEwen said.
Ahead of the Colorado low system, the region around Armstrong, Auden and Wabakimi Park, Ont., are under a special weather statement due to a "brief period" of freezing rain.
Parts of northern Ontario experienced a warm-up on Wednesday, enough to break heat records in Armstrong, Atikokan, Greenstone, Lansdowne House, Nipigon, Upsala and Marathon, a weather alert from Environment Canada shows.
