Colder weather arriving, first snowfall of the season this week??

 I'm back again after a long break, been going to a day program called new directions and I am glad that I was able to get that time off. Regardless a colder than average weather pattern is likely to take shape, for the next couple of weeks in Manitoba. This forecast will detail the chances for snow and colder weather as a arctic front plows through what was a unseasonably warm airmass over the last few weeks. I was quite surprised that we were seeing high temperatures in the mid to high teens the last several weeks, I even wore my shorts on October 2nd. Anyways on to the forecast.

Wednesday: A low pressure system (shown in photo above, on Thursday) will be moving into southern sections of Manitoba on the day Wednesday with a good chance of seeing snow and mixed precipitation heading into the afternoon. High temperatures, will be expected in the low single digits to low minus single digits. A swath of 10-20cm of snow is likely for a large portion of southwestern Manitoba from areas south of highway 1 to the international border. There will as usual be a risk for traffic problems to start off the snow fall . 

Wednesday Night: A large swath of snow will continue to impact southern parts of Manitoba with the bulk of it expected to cover areas south of highway 1. Overall amounts will vary from sections seeing only about 2cm, to as much as 20cm near border regions. Temperatures will likely take a plunge on the cold side of the low pressure system with lows as cold as -2 to -7C. General accumulations can be seen in the photo below… 

Thursday and Friday: Southern Manitoba will be escaping the low pressure system as a colder than average air mass will likely take place with her over all highs below normal. Snow and flurries will continue on the day Thursday before tapering off in the mid to late evening hours at another 2-5cm is possible during the afternoon. Overall accumulations may change, so stay tuned forecast if the heavier snow fall and swath moves north. 

Temperatures Thursday will be in the low single digits and overnight Lows in The low to mid minus single digits. Partly cloudy, mostly cloudy skies are likely on the day Friday, as well as Thursday nights as the low pressure system departs overall high temperature as well remain above zero with overnight lows, dropping into the low minus single digits. The weekend looks as though a large area of high-pressure builds off in western Canada that will move east through the late weekend so a little bit cooler than average temperatures with highs in the low minus single digits.