Winnipeg, Manitoba

Special Weather Statement issued for regions of southern Manitoba by
Environment Canada at 3:29 PM CST Tuesday 1 December 2009.

Special Weather Statement issued for..
City of Winnipeg
Selkirk - Gimli - Stonewall - Woodlands - Eriksdale
Dugald - Beausejour - Grand Beach
Portage la Prairie - Headingley - Brunkild - Carman
Ste. Rose - Mccreary - Alonsa - Gladstone
Arborg - Hecla - Fisher River - Gypsumville - Ashern
Grand Rapids.

A surge of cold air is set to move into Manitoba in the wake of an
Alberta clipper that brought snow to southern Manitoba today.
This will return temperatures closer to seasonal values, however,
above normal temperatures in November have left a majority of Lake
Winnipeg and lake Manitoba ice-free.  The presence of open water and
cold temperatures, combined with a northerly wind, will likely result
in the development of lake-effect snow squalls through the Red River
valley and interlake regions.

The exact location and amounts of snow are difficult to predict.
Lake-effect snow squalls are very narrow, localized features whose
location is highly dependent on wind direction.  Locales under the
heaviest bands of snow have the potential to see 5 cm to 10 cm of
snow and experience near-zero visibilities.  The regions that may be
affected by these snow squalls include the interlake as well as areas
downwind of the lakes, from Neepawa to beausejour, including Portage
la Prairie and the City of Winnipeg.

Further details follow in the next regular public forecast at 4.00 PM
CST.

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