Southern Manitoba soaking expected to last until Saturday afternoon
CBC
The drenching rain has started in southern Manitoba. And in some areas — gulp — there's snow.
A strong low-pressure system has tracked in from the Dakotas and is expected to linger until midday Saturday, soaking the region with 50-60 millimetres of precipitation and potentially causing flooding in low-lying areas, Environment Canada says.
The weather agency first issued a rainfall warning on Thursday about the approaching system. At that time, it was primarily expected to impact the Red River Valley, a small part of the Interlake and everything through the Whiteshell.
The warning area has since expanded to include much more of the Interlake and southern Manitoba.
It has also brought strong north winds, with gusts between 40-60 km/h, and much cooler temperatures.
Rain mixed with snow is expected in Brandon, while some areas closer to the international border already had a thin layer of white on their spring lawns on Friday morning.
A high of only 8 C is forecast for most areas in the south on Friday, and Winnipeg won't get much warmer than that on Saturday, either, Environment Canada said.
The normal high for this time of year is 21 C.
The expected extent of the deluge has prompted the province to issue an overland flood warning for some areas.
"Heavy precipitation in short duration could create high surface runoff and overland flooding," the bulletin says.
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure's Hydrologic Forecast Centre says up to 80 mm of precipitation has already fallen in the past three days in the Winnipeg River system and in the Lake of the Woods watershed.
The department is opening control gates along the Whiteshell lakes to balance and manage the expected level rises along the lakes.
The high winds could also raise water levels by as much as five feet or more along the south basin of Lake Manitoba, as well as shorelines near Gimli on the west side and Victoria Beach on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, the bulletin says.
Property owners are advised to take precautions.
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