Saturday, April 12, 2014

Like it or not.. here comes the snow..

640 am Woodlands radar and webcam images
showing progress of snow across
southern MB early this morning
The latest bout of winter is on its way across southern Manitoba this morning with snow spreading into areas west of Portage La Prairie as of 7 am. Snow will continue to advance east this morning, reaching Winnipeg by mid to late morning. Snow may become heavy at times, with amounts of 5 cm possible by mid afternoon, although some areas could see 5-10 cm in heavier bands. Heaviest snowfall amounts are expected over higher terrain northwest of Portage La Prairie where 10-15 cm is expected today.

Follow this blog, my webcam page, MB highways, and AWM radar to keep track of this latest bout of wintery weather.

UPDATE: Snowfall reports from April 12th

Mafeking ............ 22 cm  (north of Swan River)
Cowan ............... 18 cm  (east of Swan River)
St Claude ............ 15 cm (south of Portage La Prairie)
Rossburn ............ 14 cm (southwest of Riding Mtn Park)
Carman .............. 10 cm
Brandon .............. 5-10 cm  (5 cm at YBR airport)
Neepawa ............  9 cm
Miami .................  9 cm
Gilbert Plains ....... 8 cm
St Alphonse ........  7 cm (south of Spruce Woods Park)
Portage LP .........  7 cm
High Bluff ............  7 cm (east of Portage La Prairie)
Morden ................ 6 cm
Winkler ................ 5 cm
Pinawa ................. 5 cm 
Marquette ............ 5 cm (east of Portage La Prairie)
Stony Mtn ............ 4 cm
Winnipeg .............  2 cm  (5 mm melted precip with ice pellets, rain and drizzle)

7 comments:

  1. Precip has moved into Winnipeg starting as ice pellets as warmer air aloft pushes in. This may cut down on snowfall amounts if we stay as ice pellets.. although we can certainly transition to snow for awhile as well with webcams and spotter reports indicating moderate snow to our southwest. Tough to forecast how atmosphere will respond with these waves of precip and near freezing thermal profiles..

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  2. 1.5 cm new snow as of 1 pm at my place in SW Winnipeg. Thankfully, looks like we won't be getting those higher amounts.. although anything is too much at this time of year.

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  3. Here's a photo a took out my window. Looks more like January
    http://photooutmywindow.simplesite.com

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  4. Hi Rob. Those forecasted overnight lows the next while for Winnipeg, are they near record cold for this time of the year??

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  5. >> Anonymous said...Hi Rob. Those forecasted overnight lows the next while for Winnipeg, are they near record cold for this time of the year??

    Yes, the forecast lows of -18C Tuesday and -19C Wednesday would be record lows for those dates (currently -16.7C both days)

    If we do hit -18 or -19C those days, it would be the latest in the year that Winnipeg has ever hit those temperatures, going back to 1872. Note that Winnipeg has never recorded a temperature below -15C after April 16th.

    Winnipeg record temps for April available at..

    http://wxrecordbooks.weebly.com/aprtempwpg.html

    (from JJ's Winnipeg weather blog)

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  6. Snowfall reports from today..

    Cowan ........ 17 cm
    Mafeking ..... 16 cm
    St Claude .... 15 cm
    Miami ........ 9 cm
    St Alphonse .. 7 cm
    Carman ....... 5 cm
    Marquette .... 5 cm
    Winkler ...... 5 cm
    Stony Mtn .... 4 cm
    Winnipeg ..... 2 cm

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  7. Well, we dodged a bullet somewhat in Winnipeg with yesterday's snowfall as temperatures were just warm enough aloft and at the surface to give us mixed precipitation instead of straight snow. As a result, we only picked up 2 cm of slush, while the water equivalent was more like 5-6 mm, which could have been all snow if temperatures were a couple degrees colder. Thankfully, that didn't materialize here.. but it did further north and west, with 5-15 cm along the western RRV and 15-20 cm towards Swan River area.

    Now we just have the ridiculous cold to contend with the next few days.. record cold possible Monday thru Wednesday. So tired of these cold snaps that are so extreme. Looking forward to that warmer weather by Easter weekend..

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