Environment Canada has issued thunderstorm watches and heat warnings for southern Manitoba on Saturday, July 25, 2020.

For the third straight day parts of southern Manitoba continue to be experiencing hot temperatures as the mercury climbs above 33c with a humidex that makes it feel like it is in the 40s.

Although the temperatures will begin to drop later this afternoon as a cooler air mass begins to roll across the province it will likely bring with it possible severe thunderstorms.

According to the national forecaster “A trough of low pressure tracking eastwards across Manitoba is expected to trigger scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Some of these thunderstorms will likely reach severe thresholds.”

These thunderstorms may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.

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