FPCN20 CWWG 192100

FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

4:30 P.M. CDT THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2026 FOR TONIGHT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY

NIGHT.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 3:00 A.M. CDT FRIDAY.



LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.

TONIGHT..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

 SHOWERS OR FLURRIES EARLY THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. RISK OF

 FREEZING RAIN. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT.

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

 NEAR NOON. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND

 CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

FRIDAY NIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H LATE IN THE EVENING.

 BECOMING CLOUDY LATE IN THE EVENING THEN SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM. LOW

 MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.



LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.

TONIGHT..WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. MAINLY

 CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW EARLY THIS

 EVENING. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 12.

FRIDAY..WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H IN THE MORNING. CLOUDY WITH

 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND

 CLOUD. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR

 MODERATE.

FRIDAY NIGHT..WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 LATE IN

 THE EVENING. CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING IN THE EVENING. AMOUNT

 2 CM. LOW MINUS 8. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 16

 OVERNIGHT.



LAKE MANITOBA.

TONIGHT..WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20

 THIS EVENING THEN LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING

 CLOUDY OVERNIGHT WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN. LOW

 MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 THIS EVENING.

FRIDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FREEZING

 RAIN IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND

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

FRIDAY NIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 30 KM/H LATE IN THE EVENING.

 CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING THEN CHANGING TO SNOW

 AFTER MIDNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE IN THE EVENING AND AFTER

 MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 OVERNIGHT.



LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.

TONIGHT..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY OVERNIGHT

 WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT.

 LOW MINUS 10. WIND CHILL MINUS 15 OVERNIGHT.

FRIDAY..WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY

 WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN

 AND CLOUD. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND

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

FRIDAY NIGHT..WIND NORTH 20 KM/H. CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING LATE IN THE

 EVENING. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL MINUS 13

 OVERNIGHT.



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