this is our forcast warning.
WIND CHILL WARNING: City of WinnipegIssued at 4:45 AM CST SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER 2008
EXTREME WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT EXTREME WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
AN INTENSE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN STATES HAS GIVEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN DURING THE NIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD TODAY SPREADING SNOW MAINLY TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATER TODAY OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA, REACHING 40 GUSTING 60 KM/H IN MANY AREAS. THE HARDEST HIT AREA IS LIKELY TO BE OVER THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 50 GUSTING 70 TONIGHT COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL GIVE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER REGIONS SOUTH OF THE TRANS-CANADA MAY HAVE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES, HOWEVER VISIBILITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS BAD AS OVER THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 10 TO 15 CM OVER THE SPRAGUE REGION, 5 TO 10 CM IN OTHER AREAS SOUTH OF THE TRANS-CANADA, AND LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS, EXTREME WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 40 TO MINUS 45 RANGE ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE INTO THE MINUS 25 TO MINUS 30 RANGE COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS. IMPROVING VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA, HOWEVER BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE PRAIRIES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE HEAVIER SNOW AND STRONGER WINDS, WARNING REGIONS MAY SHIFT SLIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
