FPCN20 CWWG 191624

FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

11:30 A.M. CDT THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:30 P.M. CDT.



LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.

TODAY..WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H. MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

 SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. HIGH PLUS 2. 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 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING

 TO 60 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WITH RISK OF FREEZING RAIN.

 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. HIGH MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 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 SOUTH 30 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND

 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH

 PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 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 UP TO 15 KM/H. CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR

 ICE PELLETS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH RISK OF FREEZING RAIN.

 HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 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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