FPCN20 CWWG 190730

FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

3:00 A.M. CDT THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:30 A.M. CDT.



LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.

TODAY..WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H THIS MORNING. MAINLY CLOUDY.

 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH

 PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. PARTLY

 CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.

FRIDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING CLOUDY

 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE

 MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.

TODAY..WIND SOUTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS

 MORNING THEN SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS

 AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. HIGH MINUS 2. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 22 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 9 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..WIND EAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING.

 PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL NEAR

 MINUS 12.

FRIDAY..WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 EARLY IN THE

 AFTERNOON. CLEARING. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 15 IN THE MORNING.

 UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



LAKE MANITOBA.

TODAY..WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H THIS MORNING THEN NORTHWEST 20

 THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 16 THIS

 MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. CLEAR.

 INCREASING CLOUDINESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 8 THIS EVENING.

FRIDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 5 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.

TODAY..WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS MORNING. CLOUDY.

 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR ICE PELLETS THIS MORNING AND EARLY

 THIS AFTERNOON WITH RISK OF FREEZING RAIN. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 17 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. A FEW CLOUDS. INCREASING CLOUDINESS

 AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING.

 RISK OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MORNING. LOW MINUS 10. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 6 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 15 OVERNIGHT.

FRIDAY..WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A MIX OF

 SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING CLOUDY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 2.

 WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



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