Everyone welcome back to a new year in the weather scene hello everyone mike mcgregor here returning for the first post of 2025 and we've got some really concerning weather news on the horizon for southern sections in Manitoba looks like we're in for a bumpy 24 to 48 hours so fastening your seatbelts and get ready for an action packed blog with information on a blizzard which is poised to impact our region and I'll have comprehensive details on the upcoming major cold that is expected to impact our region this weekend into next week. I know it's winter folks but we'll get through this together again i'm got some interesting news about this weather blog and where it's headed at the end of this post.
Tonight: Southern sections of Manitoba will be in the warm sector of a low pressure system which will be impacting us tomorrow afternoon, Temperatures tonight will be warming for some sections with areas of southern Manitoba from southwest parts of the province into the Red River Valley and some sections of the Manitoba escarpments seeing warming temps by morning between minus three to zero degrees.
Tomorrow: Tomorrow morning specifically speaking Friday morning significant blizzard conditions will develop over the Red River valley including Winnipeg with forecast winds from 60 to 80 kilometers an hour with gusts possibly up to A100, there looks like there will be some light to moderate snowfall during the hours of 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and then this time frame visibility will be drastically reduced or near impossible for those within warned regions for blizzard conditions. I have already spoke to Justin and there is no doubt in my mind that highway travel including city travel will be hazardous so do not be surprised if they have school bus cancellations within and outside of city limits in rural areas. The winds will be out of the N which will be ushering in a significantly colder air mass as we head into our weekend. The good thing is that these strong winds will likely abate by be late afternoon to early evening hours given the fact that the snowpack within the city limits is not fresh and in fact melted and frozen there may be less problems with visibility and more problems with loose objects or items getting tossed in the wind. Make sure to tie down loose items if possible. Temperatures in the afternoon will drop into the mid to upper minus teens with wind chills in the minus 20s and upper minus teens. Friday night: Calmer weather conditions will come in place as high pressure moves in however because this Arctic air mass will be settling in overnight lows will be in the minus 20s with the possibility of wind chills in the minus 30s frostbite is possible with exposed skin.
The Weekend: Calm weather conditions will persist into the weekend with temperatures over our region unfortunately reaching the mid to upper minus 20s with wind chill values in the mid to upper minus 30s areas that are in central Manitoba especially near dauphin up to the interleakes may see wind chills in the minus forties. This weather pattern will persist and Sunday night will be the coldest with windchill values in the minus 40's for much of our region.
Next Week: I have some unfortunate news folks if you're looking for the milder weather conditions that we have been experiencing that's not gonna happen there is a higher likelihood that during the first half of the week into the middle part of the week where we will see our temperatures remain in the mid minus 20s in some areas maybe fortunate enough to see temperatures in the mid minus teens however wind chill values will be persistently stuck in the minus 30s and minus 40s this coming week during the overnight time frame that is when the colder temperatures will occur. There is a change in the pattern by Wednesday when we may be seeing some milder Pacific air filtering into our province just be glad we're not stuck in a full-on strong La Nina if we were we would be consistently experiencing these very cold temperatures.
