Extreme cold warnings in place for most of Manitoba

WINNIPEG – The streak of warmer weather has come to end in Manitoba.

Winnipeggers woke up to ice crystals and -24C with wind chill feeling like -37 Saturday. The city is now under an extreme cold warning.

Temperatures will drop significantly again this weekend and Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for the following areas:

• Lynn Lake – Leaf Rapids – Pukatawagan
• Thompson – Nelson House – Split Lake
• Gillam
• Island Lake – Oxford House – Gods Lake
• Poplar River
• Berens River – Little Grand Rapids – Bloodvein – Atikaki
• Grand Rapids
• Swan River – Duck Mountain – Porcupine Provincial Forest
• Dauphin – Roblin – Winnipegosis
• Minnedosa – Neepawa – Russell – Riding Mountain National Park
• Ste. Rose – McCreary – Alonsa – Gladstone
• Portage la Prairie – Headingley – Brunkild – Carman
• Brandon – Carberry – Treherne
• Virden – Souris
• Melita – Boissevain – Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
• Killarney – Pilot Mound – Manitou
• Morden – Winkler – Altona – Emerson – Morris
• Arborg – Hecla – Fisher River – Gypsumville – Ashern
• Selkirk – Gimli – Stonewall – Woodlands – Eriksdale
• City of Winnipeg
• Steinbach – St. Adolphe – Dominion City – Vita – Richer
• Dugald – Beausejour – Grand Beach
• Bissett – Nopiming Provincial Park – Pine Falls
• Whiteshell – Lac Du Bonnet – Pinawa
• Sprague – Northwest Angle Provincial Forest
• Kenora – Nestor Falls
• Dryden – Ignace