UPDATE: Extreme cold warnings ended shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday.
WINNIPEG – Manitobans bundled up again Thursday as extreme cold continued to freeze most of the province.
Extreme cold warnings are issued when the wind chill value drops to -40 or colder in southern Manitoba and when it plummets to -45 in northern Manitoba.
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Southern Manitoba was warned that brisk winds and very cold temperatures created wind chill values near -40. Conditions were expected to improve later in the morning as temperatures rise.
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Communities under the extreme wind chill warning in the southern half of the province at 9:30 a.m. are:
- Winnipeg
- Brandon, Carberry, Treherne
- Portage la Prairie, Headingley, Brunkild, Carman
- Steinbach, St. Adolphe, Dominion City, Vita, Richer
- Selkirk, Gimli, Stonewall, Woodlands, Eriksdale
- Morden, Winkler, Altona, Emerson, Morris
- Killarney, Pilot Mound, Manitou
- Dugald, Beausejour, Grand Beach
- Bissett, Nopiming Provincial Park, Pine Falls
- Whiteshell, Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa
- Sprague, Northwest Angle Provincial Forest
- Arborg, Hecla, Fisher River, Gypsumville, Ashern
- Ste. Rose, McCreary, Alonsa, Gladstone
- Poplar River
- Berens River, Little Grand Rapids, Bloodvein, Atikaki
Extreme cold warnings for the following communities ended shortly after 9 a.m.:
- Virden, Souris
- Melita, Boissevain, Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
- Grand Rapids
- Dauphin, Roblin, Winnipegosis
- Minnedosa, Neepawa, Russell, Riding Mountain National Park
- Swan River, Duck Mountain, Porcupine Provincial Forest
Extreme cold warnings in most of northern Manitoba ended shortly after 9 a.m. after “bitterly cold temperatures combined with winds up to 15 km/h” created wind chill values of -45 Thursday morning, Environment Canada said.
The temperature was -27 C and wind chill was -38 in Winnipeg at 9 a.m. The forecast calls for a high of -16 C Thursday with temperatures rising overnight as about two centimetres of snow fall. The temperature is forecast to rise to -11 C Friday.
The sky will clear Friday as Arctic air again moves in with a cold weekend.
To get real-time weather for your area, download the Global News Skytracker weather app.
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