Thunderstorms sweep across Southern MB

An area of thunderstorms swept across southern MB last evening and overnight bringing locally heavy rain and hail in some areas. The thunderstorms erupted over northern North Dakota last evening and moved into southern MB last night, reaching Winnipeg after midnight. Marble size hail was reported over southwestern MB with the storms, while generally it was heavy rain further east.

Here in Winnipeg, it looks like thunderstorms hit the south end of the city the hardest with St Vital reporting 31 mm overnight, and Ft Richmond 33 mm. Elsewhere across the city rainfall amounts were generally around 15-25 mm. Some rainfall amounts from the Winnipeg area overnight included...

Ft Richmond......... 33 mm
St Vital................... 31 mm
Fort Whyte ........... 24 mm
Dugald.................... 24 mm
Bird's Hill............... 23 mm
U of M ................... 21 mm
Whyte Ridge ........ 19 mm
U of W ................... 18 mm
East St Paul........... 17 mm
Starbuck................ 16 mm
Charleswood......... 14-16 mm
Selkirk................... 15 mm
Stony Mountain.....14 mm
Stonewall............... 12 mm

Heavier rainfall amounts were recorded southwest of Winnipeg, including

Belmont............. 41 mm
Snowflake.......... 38 mm
Miami................ 37 mm
Morris............... 37 mm

This won't be the last of the rain either. More showers are expected to develop this afternoon, with locally heavy rainfall a possibility again across the Red River valley. Unsettled weather is expected to continue most of the week, along with cooler conditions. Looks like Mother Nature is making up for her warm dry start to spring!