Snowfall amounts downgraded as Manitoba storm expected to weaken
CBC
Warnings are still in place but it looks as though southern Manitoba may have seen the worst of its spring snowstorm.
Snow and blowing snow are expected to continue across the entire southern half of the province Thursday, but the low-pressure system responsible for the drastic return of winter is beginning to weaken, Environment Canada says.
Snowfall totals of five to 10 centimetres — rather than the 10-15 cm originally forecast — are likely throughout the Red River Valley, including Winnipeg, and southeastern Manitoba on Thursday.
"[We] may be seeing the slow decay of this storm," said Dan Fulton, senior meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The Winnipeg region received a total of 25 cm on Wednesday as the storm first arrived. Fulton thinks a few parts of western Manitoba had more than that, but official amounts are still pending.
The west should have a much easier day, with only two to five centimetres for Thursday, the Environment Canada forecast said. Dauphin and the Interlake region are expected to get another five to 10 cm.
Some unofficial snowfall amounts from Wednesday were released Thursday:
Fulton expects by the end of the storm, the snowfall total will be 30-35 cm across southern Manitoba.
Forecasts had suggested a range of 30-50 centimetres but closer to 80 cm along the higher elevations of Riding Mountain and Turtle Mountain.
"The storm did pretty much what we thought it would — maybe not as much snow. I always thought the 80 cm was a little bit overblown but I guess we'll see when the amounts come in," CBC Manitoba meteorologist John Sauder said.
"It wasn't the '97 storm, it wasn't the 48 cm we had 25 years ago, but still, it is a significant snowfall. And we're not out of it yet, we still need to be careful."
People in larger cities, sheltered by larger buildings, may not have realized how much worse the conditions were beyond urban borders, he said.
Deb Bauche, who lives just north of the International Peace Garden on the Canada-U.S. border southwest of Winnipeg, near Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, is a witness to that.
"We've got a five-foot snowdrift on the south part of our deck that's almost in touch with the one coming off the roof," she said.
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