FPCN20 CWWG 210730

FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

3:00 A.M. CDT SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.

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



LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.

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

 TO 60 THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY

 CLOUDY. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE

 FALLING TO MINUS 3 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 11. UV

 INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND NORTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 LATE THIS

 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT BEFORE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW

 MINUS 9. WIND CHILL MINUS 11 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 16 OVERNIGHT.

SUNDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH MINUS 2.

 WIND CHILL MINUS 16 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 7 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV

 INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.



LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.

TODAY..WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTH 50 GUSTING TO 70 EARLY

 THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS MORNING THEN MAINLY

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

 MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND NORTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 LATE THIS

 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW

 MINUS 14. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 20.

SUNDAY..WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAINLY

 SUNNY. HIGH MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 20 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 10

 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.



LAKE MANITOBA.

TODAY..WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 60 EARLY

 THIS MORNING. SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY. RISK OF FREEZING

 RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. HIGH MINUS 1.

 WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 11. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND NORTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 LATE THIS

 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAINLY CLOUDY. LOW

 MINUS 7. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 13.

SUNDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH MINUS 1.

 WIND CHILL MINUS 13 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 6 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV

 INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.



LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.

TODAY..WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS

 MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH MINUS 5. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 14.

 UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

TONIGHT..WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS

 EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 16. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 20.

SUNDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 20 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3 OR

 MODERATE.



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