Snow, freezing rain make travel hazardous
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This article was published 09/12/2024 (282 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Environment and Climate Change Canada warned Maitobans to brace for the season’s first significant winter storm this weekend, as gusting winds, freezing rain and heavy snow battered southern Manitoba.
The national weather agency issued snowfall and freezing rain warnings for a large swath of the province Saturday and Sunday, expecting a strong low pressure system to move in from southern Saskatchewan and bring mixed precipitation before giving way to falling snow.
“We’ve had a few snowfalls so far, but they’ve all been pretty light and not very significant. This is probably one of our first significant ones this season,” meteorologist Rose Carlsen told the Winnipeg Free Press.
The forecast said snowfall rates as high as two centimetres per hour were expected, with total amounts between 10 to 20 centimetres slated to blanket the region.
The warning issued for the Brandon area stated the temperature would hover around freezing Sunday evening, making for slippery highways, roads, walkways and parking lots. The weather agency advised against non-essential travel until conditions improve.
“The snow itself is going to be pretty heavy, wet snow to travel through as well, so any sort of precautions that people can take while travelling should be taken — even to the point of not travelling if they can help it,” Carlsen said.
As of Sunday evening, Manitoba 511 showed poor conditions for many highways across Westman north of the Trans-Canada Highway with blowing, swirling or heavy snow. While highways south of Brandon were generally described as good, there were portions that were slushy and snow packed.
Within Brandon, late Sunday evening the Brandon Police Service posted a warning on X, asking residents to avoid First Street North between Kirkcaldy Drive and Rosser Avenue as snow drifts had made the area impassible, with several vehicles getting stuck. Crews would work throughout the night to clear the route, police noted.
The Environment Canada forecast for Brandon on Monday predicted periods of light and blowing snow throughout the day with a high of -6 C and low of -12 C, although the wind chill was expected to dip into the -20 to -22 C range early in the morning and at night.
» The Brandon Sun, with files from the Winnipeg Free Press