UPDATE: Environment Canada has ended the Winter Storm Warning that's been in effect since yesterday afternoon.
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Original article, posted on Oct 23, 2022, at 4:37 p.m. below:
Environment Canada has issued multiple winter storm warnings for Dauphin and surrounding areas.
They are currently in effect for many communities in the following areas:
According to Environment Canada, hazardous winter conditions are expected.
They say that a Colorado Low moving through the eastern Prairies will bring a period of rain and freezing rain followed by heavy snow to parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and that freezing rain will develop on Sunday night and then transition to heavy snow on Monday morning.
They also say that accumulating freezing rain is possible along both the Trans-Canada Highway and Yellowhead Highway corridors overnight and that anywhere between 10 and 20 cm of snow can be expected.
In addition, Environment Canada recommends postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve, since surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow, adding that people should prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.
