Environment Canada has issued a weather warning for most of south and central Manitoba.
Heavy rain is expected to move into the region tonight and today’s mild temperatures will give way to cold and snow on Sunday as a low pressure system moves in from the Dakotas.
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The main area of rain will arrive tonight and continue during Sunday with up to 70 mm of rain expected over southern Manitoba.
The rain will begin to change into freezing rain and later into snow over southwestern Manitoba on Sunday morning. Ten to 15 cm of snow is expected from the Brandon and Dauphin regions across the Arborg region into the Berens River region by Sunday night.
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The snow will be accompanies by strong north winds of 60 km/h gusting to 80 km/h. The rain is expected to change to wet snow in southeastern Manitoba on Sunday evening.
Conditions are expected to improve Monday morning.
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