Snow closes highways in southern Manitoba; extreme cold warnings in north

Blowing snow advisories prompted the closures of three highways in southern Manitoba on Wednesday evening. 

Closed due to poor winter driving conditions: 

• Highway 14, from Highway 30 to Highway 3.
• Highway 3, from Morden to Carman
• Highway 13, from Carman to Highway 2.
• Highway 75, from Winnipeg to Emerson.

While highways in northern Manitoba remain open, drivers are advised to be careful because several are snow-covered, Manitoba 511 showed Wednesday evening. 

• Province of Manitoba: Highway conditions

In addition, Environment Canada issued blowing snow advisories for southern Manitoba, and extreme cold warnings in the north. 

• Environment Canada: Weather alerts for Manitoba

Blowing snow advisories are in place for: 

• Killarney - Pilot Mound - Manitou.
• Morden - Winkler - Altona - Morris.
• Sprague - Northwest Angle Provincial Forest.  
• Steinbach - St. Adolphe - Emerson - Vita - Richer.

Extreme cold warnings are in place for: 

• Brochet.
• Churchill.
• Gillam.
• Lynn Lake - Leaf Rapids - Pukatawagan.
• Shamattawa.
• Tadoule Lake.
• Thompson - Nelson House - Split Lake.
• York.

CBC meteorologist John Sauder warned that cold is coming for much of the province, with an overnight temperature of –26 C and windy conditions over Wednesday night in Winnipeg. 

After low wind chills on Thursday, the high on Friday and Saturday for Winnipeg is only –29 C.