It’s a bit of cold comfort, perhaps, but an extreme cold warning has ended on Thursday for Winnipeg, the Red River Valley and the rest of southeastern Manitoba.
By no means does that signal a meaningful warm-up is on the way any time soon, though. Daytime highs will struggle to climb much higher than -20 C in those areas on Thursday through the first half of next week.
The warning has also ended in northwestern Ontario.
Meanwhile, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has continued an extreme cold warning for the rest of southern Manitoba where it said a prolonged extreme cold event continues. Wind chill values may ease up slightly during the day, but ECCC said they are expected to become extreme overnight throughout the week.
ECCC also issued a new extreme cold warning for some of the most northern regions of Manitoba on Thursday.
All this to say, temperatures will remain well below normal for the next several days.
Ahead on Valentine’s Day on Friday, the forecast high for Winnipeg is -18 C, which is 10 degrees below the normal high of -8 C for this time of year.
On the bright side, these conditions bode well for Festival du Voyageur’s famous snow sculptures. The 56th edition of the festival begins on Friday in St. Boniface.
But if you are wondering when the bitter arctic air currently over the province will loosen its grip, conditions are expected to moderate late next week.
