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Katherine Dow’s forecast: A snowy, cool spell before an Easter rebound

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Katherine Dow has your current conditions and updated weather forecast for April 17, 2025.

Manitoba is in store for a real grab bag of weather conditions on Thursday, throwing in everything from sun, clouds, rain, and snow.

A low pressure system that has been pushing mixed precipitation through northern Manitoba over the last number of days is beginning its descent to the southeast.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) estimates it dropped about 10 to 20 centimetres of snow in the north, with Thompson receiving four cm in an hour Wednesday night. However, the heaviest accumulations were in largely unpopulated areas.

The snow should taper off through much of the north today, leaving behind cloudy skies in the northeast and partly cloudy skies in the northwest.

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Notre Dame de Lourdes And so seeding begins near Notre Dame de Lourdes. (Photo by Diane Simon)

Temperatures will peak just above or just below the freezing mark.

Meanwhile, the cold frontal passage that lingered over the south Thursday morning, bringing light and intermittent showers, has largely weakened.

Mostly cloudy skies are in the cards for the south today with northwesterly winds.

Temperatures in Winnipeg are likely to reach 13 C, while the Brandon and Neepawa areas will be a few degrees cooler.

Overnight, the low pressure system that dogged the north this week trundles into southern areas of the province, bringing a strong chance of rain showers or flurries to south-central portions, including Winnipeg.

The southwest has a 30 per cent chance of mixed precipitation as well. Temperatures throughout the south will dip just below freezing.

A slight chance of flurries lingers overnight in the north, as well, alongside unseasonably cold lows. The Pas region is forecast to dip to -8 C while Thompson could get as chilly as -16 C.

Sunshine returns to northern Manitoba on Good Friday, but it won’t bring much heat. Temperatures throughout the region will be below seasonal at around 0 C in the northwest and a few degrees cooler in eastern regions.

Meanwhile, cold air wraps into the low over southern Manitoba, which will transition precipitation to flurries in Winnipeg and surrounding areas.

The southwest is likely to stay dry under mainly cloudy skies with northerly winds at 30 km/h.

Highs through the south will dip considerably, with most areas barely cracking the freezing mark.

However, the weekend brings an upswing, with plenty of sunshine and climbing temperatures.

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