Heavy rain, thunderstorms headed to Manitoba

Katherine Dow has your Monday morning look at the weather.

It’s going to be a rainy start to the week for much of southern Manitoba as stormy weather heads to the area.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a special weather statement for several Manitoba communities on Monday morning, including Brandon, Portage la Prairie and Winkler.

According to the weather agency, showers and thunderstorms will move from Saskatchewan into Manitoba on Monday night and will intensify as they spread east. It adds that some of these heavier showers will slow down or stall over portions of southwest Manitoba, which will result in higher rainfall amounts.

ECCC forecasts rainfall totals of 10 to 40 millimetres by Tuesday evening, adding that prolonged thunderstorms are also a possibility.

More information is available online.