FPCN20 CWWG 270830
FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
3:00 A.M. CST FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:30 A.M. CST.

LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.
TODAY..WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING NORTHWEST 70 GUSTING
 TO 90 THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 50 GUSTING TO 70 THIS
 AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW. BLIZZARD DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE
 FALLING TO MINUS 19 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 33 THIS
 AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 THIS
 EVENING. BLIZZARD ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLEARING. LOW MINUS 25.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 30 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 37 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY..WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING.
 SUNNY. HIGH MINUS 21. WIND CHILL MINUS 38 IN THE MORNING AND
 MINUS 28 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.
TODAY..WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHWEST 70
 GUSTING TO 90 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 50 GUSTING TO
 70 THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW. BLIZZARD DEVELOPING THIS MORNING.
 TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 21 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 17
 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 37 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
TONIGHT..WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 THIS
 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. BLIZZARD ENDING THIS
 EVENING THEN CLEARING. LOW MINUS 29. WIND CHILL MINUS 34 THIS
 EVENING AND MINUS 40 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.
SATURDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. SUNNY. HIGH MINUS 24. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 40 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 29 IN THE AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN
 MINUTES. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

LAKE MANITOBA.
TODAY..WIND WEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING NORTHWEST 70 GUSTING
 TO 90 THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 50 GUSTING TO 70 THIS
 AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS
 MORNING. BLIZZARD DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING
 TO MINUS 16 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 29 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK
 OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 THIS
 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW
 MINUS 27. WIND CHILL MINUS 28 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 36 OVERNIGHT.
 RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH MINUS 17. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 36 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 24 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.
TODAY..WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING NORTHWEST 60 GUSTING
 TO 80 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR
 NOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. BLIZZARD DEVELOPING THIS MORNING.
 TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 16 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 12
 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 27 THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT..WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS
 EVENING. MAINLY CLOUDY. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 27. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 27 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 36 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY..WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. SUNNY. HIGH MINUS 20. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 36 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 27 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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