FPCN20 CWWG 071700
FORECASTS FOR THE MANITOBA LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
11:30 A.M. CST SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:30 P.M. CST.

LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN.
TODAY..WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING
 TO 70 THIS AFTERNOON. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON THEN LIGHT
 SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 16 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 10 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3
 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING WEST 20
 GUSTING TO 40 OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN AND
 ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE
 RISING TO PLUS 2 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. WIND CHILL MINUS 11
 OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY..WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE
 AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.

LAKE WINNIPEG NORTH BASIN.
TODAY..WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING
 TO 60 THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING EARLY THIS
 AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 3. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 15. UV INDEX 2 OR
 LOW.
TONIGHT..WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 50 GUSTING TO
 80 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 SNOW ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES. LOW MINUS 9. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 19.
SUNDAY..WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 NEAR NOON. MAINLY
 CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING AND EARLY
 IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 3.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 15 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 9 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV
 INDEX 2 OR LOW.

LAKE MANITOBA.
TODAY..WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. INCREASING CLOUDINESS.
 LIGHT SNOW OR RAIN BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 11 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LIGHT SNOW OR RAIN
 ENDING THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY..WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
 BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR NOON THEN PERIODS OF RAIN. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS.
TODAY..WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING NEAR
 NOON THEN CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN
 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 THIS MORNING.
 UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING
 THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOW MINUS 3.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY..WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. MAINLY
 CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOW
 BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE
 MORNING.

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