After a long stretch of dry weather, the snow drought was finally broken on Monday after a developing Colorado low moved into SE Manitoba bringing with it the most significant snowfall of the year. Although the area of precipitation was narrow it did bring a lot of snow to areas east of Winnipeg, we were unfortunately lucky and received very low amounts compared to the SE RRV. Areas like Lac Du Bonnet, Steinbach and the Whiteshell were affected by this storm system resulting in several municipal school closures on Tuesday, several car accidents due to slippery ice covered;snow covered roads in SE MB and around Winnipeg. As well power outages in SE MB because of all the heavy snow on power lines. Why didn't we pick up any snow? according to A Weather Moment Blog It is something we call a deformation zone (click a weather moment blog for more info). It was a definitly significant snowfall, but how much did we get?
The Regions of Winnipeg: St.Boniface 6.25cm, Airport 2cm, Charleswood 4cm, Downtown 3cm, East 9cm, and River Park South 8.5cm. East RRV: Beausejour 15cm, Landmark 14cm, Indian Bay 17cm, Oakbank 13.4cm, Pinawa 15.4 cm, Steinbach 21cm, and in Woodridge a total of 20cm was received. Data from A Weather Moment blog. Overall over the next few days expect a few flurries and clearing conditions on Thursday with a return to seasonal weather.
Head To: Weather moment blog and Northern Plains Storm Summary for details on the Snowfall totals
Interestingly enough the band of snow was so thin that steinbach only got 21cm well we barely got anything here at least about 2cm at my place.
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ReplyDeletegreat post michael
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris....
ReplyDeleteAs for today expect the snow to continue off and on with amounts totalling 2cm, then this evening expect the snow to taper to flurries. Sunny Skies are ahead for Saturday, before the arrival of a colorado low on sunday that could cause travel problems. More details coming tomorrow or stay updated here.....
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