Colleen Bready’s forecast: Winter still sticking around, snow expected Tuesday

Colleen Bready has your current conditions and updated weather forecast for March 16, 2026.

You couldn’t be blamed for wondering if spring is really around the corner on Monday morning. At 6 a.m., it was -27 C in Winnipeg.

Temperatures will remain more than 10 degrees below normal in the city and for much of southern Manitoba on Monday.

The tradeoff is that the sun will be shining across all of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, courtesy of high pressure over the region. Cold comfort for mid-March, though.

Clouds will build throughout Monday night across much of Manitoba ahead of a St. Patrick’s Day snowfall on Tuesday.

No four-leafed clovers will bring enough luck to hold off the incoming snow, set to arrive overnight in northwestern and southwestern regions closer to the Saskatchewan border.

That said, this March snowfall will hopefully help bring moisture when farmers need it in the coming months.

Snow will spread east throughout the morning on Tuesday and is expected to reach Winnipeg around midday.

Environment and Climate Change Canada forecasts five to 10 cm for Brandon and Dauphin, and five centimetres for Winnipeg and surrounding regions in the south.

The weather agency forecasts five centimetres of snowfall for the northwest, and closer to two centimetres for central regions.

By Wednesday, temperatures will rebound back above the freezing mark in Winnipeg and for the rest of the week.