Special Weather Statement
An Alberta clipper is set to descend on southern Manitoba on Friday.
10 to 15 cm of fresh snow expected beginning in the morning.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Wednesday night.
Another storm system coming to portions of southeast Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba on the heels of a powerful Colorado Low that brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to similar areas on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
This time it’s an Alberta Clipper that will be responsible for bringing 10 to 15 centimetres of snow along with strong northwest winds causing reduced visibilities at times in blowing snow.
News4 weather forecast and radar
Latest models are still trying to hone in on the exact path of this clipper but at this time the guidance suggests that it will track along the Yellowhead Highway Corridor of southeastern Saskatchewan beginning Friday morning and then along and south of the Trans-Canada Highway corridor in Manitoba by Friday afternoon with most of the snow falling to the north and east of the track. The clipper is then expected to pull out of southeastern Manitoba late Friday evening into early Saturday morning.
The up side is that after we get the snow, Saturday and Sunday look fairly mild and sunny so it should make the shovelling a little more pleasant.
So far in December we have received more than 70cm of the white stuff. In the past three decades the average snowfall for December is around 20cm.
