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First taste of winter coming to southern Manitoba

Southern Manitoba's drawn-out autumn, with its unseasonably warm temperatures, has hit an abrupt end.

Cold temperatures by weekend, with daytime highs struggling to reach the freezing mark

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A person walks past a building as snow falls
WInnipeg, and the rest of southern Manitoba, are expected to see the first snowfalls of the season this week. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)

It was nice while it lasted.

Southern Manitoba's drawn-out autumn, with its unseasonably warm temperatures, has hit an abrupt end.

Light snow is expected to move into western Manitoba on Tuesday morning and then sweep through southern Manitoba by Wednesday afternoon, bringing a swath of 5-10 centimetres of wet snow, according to an Environment Canada special weather statement.

Another shot of 5-10 cm is forecasted to fall Thursday night into Friday, possibly leaving some regions with total accumulations of 10-20 cm by the weekend.

A map shows southern Manitoba with areas of grey marking the regions under a special weather statement.
A map of southern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan shows areas of grey, marking the regions under a special weather statement. (Environment Canada)

The snow will also usher in much colder temperatures by the weekend with daytime highs struggling to reach the freezing mark and overnight lows approaching –10 C, the weather agency said.

In Winnipeg, the forecast calls for 6 C on Tuesday and –2 C by the weekend.

Those numbers are a far cry from how October started, with temperatures in the mid-20s. Even the ending to last week saw highs of 18 C.

Normal temperatures for this time of year are a high of 7 C and overnight low of –3 C.

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