FPCN20 CWWG 200730

FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

3:00 A.M. CDT FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY.

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



LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.

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

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

 CHILL MINUS 5 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H OVERNIGHT. BECOMING CLOUDY

 LATE THIS EVENING THEN SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING

 AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. LOW MINUS 2. WIND

 CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY..WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 40

 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN

 MAINLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 2. WIND CHILL NEAR

 MINUS 10. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.

TODAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES

 THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 12 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H NEAR MIDNIGHT. CLOUDY.

 PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 8. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 5 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 14 OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY..WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 40

 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING

 THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH MINUS 6. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 17.

 UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



LAKE MANITOBA.

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

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

 CHILL MINUS 5 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT.

 CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER

 MIDNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOW

 MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY..WIND NORTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON

 THEN CLOUDY. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 11. UV INDEX 3 OR

 MODERATE.



LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.

TODAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES

 THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN THIS

 MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 4

 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H NEAR MIDNIGHT. CLOUDY. SNOW

 BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 5 CM. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY..WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING IN

 THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH MINUS 5. WIND CHILL

 NEAR MINUS 14. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



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