So sorry, southern Manitoba, but there's more snow on the way
CBC
The weekend snowfall in southern Manitoba, which came on the heels of a three-day snowstorm, has ended just in time ... for more snow.
Environment Canada's forecast calls for a chance of snow on Tuesday with more certainty of it on Wednesday, but that's just the primer.
The weather agency is watching yet another Colorado Low tracking toward Manitoba for this coming weekend — the same type of weather system that brought heaps of snow last week
"We're not really sure whether it's going to bring snow or rain or freezing rain or all of them. At this point, we just don't know yet. It's not clear enough," said Environment Canada meteorologist Dave Carlson.
"But what it does appear like is that there's going to be a lot of moisture dropped within this system. Pretty much all the forecast models are pointing to 25-40 millimetres of water equivalent, whether that's dropped as snow or as rain over a big portion of southern Manitoba.
"So, yeah, there's more moisture coming."
The system, which should impact pretty much everywhere in Manitoba south of the big lakes, is expected to move in on Friday and linger through the weekend before departing to northwestern Ontario on Sunday.
A spring snowstorm, which officially reached blizzard level in some parts of western Manitoba, dumped anywhere from 13 centimetres just northwest of Winnipeg to 82 cm in Onanole, just south of Riding Mountain, last week. Winnipeg received 25-35 cm.
The sun showed up for a brief cameo appearance on Saturday before stepping aside on Sunday to allow for another re-topping of snow.
About 8-10 cm fell in general, though higher elevations southwest likely received more, said Carlson.
"I expect that Turtle Mountain probably got more, maybe 10 to 15 centimetres, but I don't have any confirmation of that," he said.
Late spring snow is not unheard of in Manitoba. The Victoria Day long weekend, considered the unofficial start of summer and camping season, has been snowed under in the past.
It is abnormal to get so much, though, Carlson said.
"Usually we get one system that brings a decent snowfall, 15 or 20 centimetres, not one after the other after the other — not like we've had this year, that's for sure."