Warm Weather Continues with Some Snow Tonight!

We had another beautiful day today, with temperatures hovering right around normal, even though it felt cold. The nice weather this evening across SE MB will give way to heavier clouds by around 6pm, and then a band of snow should make it's way across the southern part of the province this evening and overnight ahead of a warm front.(See Picture on left from NOAA). Blowing snow may become an issue in open areas tonight with the snowfall as winds will be 50 gusting to 60 km/h from the south so prepare for reduced visibility at times. As for snowfall amounts they won't account for much at the most 2 to 4cm can be expected across most parts of southern Manitoba. The snow will clear from our region late tomorrow morning welcomed by cloudy,damp and mild conditions for the rest of the day.



As for Tuesday we will see the arrival of another low pressure system that will come from SE Saskatchewan and move across our area bringing with it equal chances of rain,freezing rain,and snow (see the picture on the left). I don't quite yet know for sure which areas will receive what precipitation, but at best according to the latest GFS run, areas south of Winnipeg could see freezing rain, while areas just on the south edge of the city could see sleet. Areas like Winnipeg and north of Winnipeg could see snow.Overall we will definitely see some kind of precipitation over the south part of the province on Tuesday. I will know more by tomorrow evening. 

As the month ends, we may tie for the 2nd or 3rd warmest January on record, all because of our warm weather. For the first few weeks of February looks like the mild weather with little or no snowfall is expected to continue.