FPCN20 CWWG 202100

FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

4:30 P.M. CDT FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 FOR TONIGHT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY

NIGHT.

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



LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.

TONIGHT..WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 OVERNIGHT.

 PARTLY CLOUDY. 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 FALLING TO MINUS 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND

 CHILL NEAR MINUS 11. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

SATURDAY NIGHT..WIND NORTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING NORTH

 20 EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN LIGHT BEFORE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY.

 LOW MINUS 10. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 16

 OVERNIGHT.



LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.

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 15 OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY..WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN

 THE MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY

 CLOUDY. HIGH MINUS 6. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 18. UV INDEX 4 OR

 MODERATE.

SATURDAY NIGHT..WIND NORTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO

 20 EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PARTLY

 CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 15. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 IN THE EVENING AND

 MINUS 21 OVERNIGHT.



LAKE MANITOBA.

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

 BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING THEN

 CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS

 EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. LOW MINUS 3. WIND

 CHILL MINUS 11 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.

SATURDAY NIGHT..WIND NORTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING

 NORTHWEST 20 BEFORE MORNING. MAINLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 9 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 14 OVERNIGHT.



LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.

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

 CLOUDY THIS EVENING. SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 5 CM.

 LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 OVERNIGHT.

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

 THE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH MINUS 5. WIND CHILL NEAR

 MINUS 14. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

SATURDAY NIGHT..WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY

 IN THE EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 17. WIND CHILL NEAR

 MINUS 20.



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