WINNIPEG – Much of the province woke up Saturday morning to temperatures in the -30s, but it felt more like -45 and colder with the wind chill.
Environment Canada said the dangerous wind chills will continue this morning before warming up in the afternoon.
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Much of Manitoba will see frigid temperatures again Saturday night and into Sunday morning with the wind chill dropping back down to -40 and colder.
“Arctic high pressure continues to build across the western prairies this morning bringing a surge of bitterly cold Arctic air across all of the
Prairies,” said Environment Canada in a statement on its website.
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In these extreme wind chill values, frostbite can happen in less than five minutes.
These temperatures are expected to continue into next week before warming to by mid to late week.
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