-45 to -50 windchills

BLIZZARD TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING THEN ENDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:17 PM CST SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER 2008


AN INTENSE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN STATES WAS EXPECTED TO GIVE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS TRACKED FURTHER SOUTH AND AS A RESULT NOT MUCH SNOW FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA EXCEPT NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. HOWEVER COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FEED SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN -45 AND -50 ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY PARTS OF SOUTHERN MANITOBA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 40 GUSTING 60 KM/H CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE US-CANADA BORDER TONIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE MUCH LESS THAN EARLIER FORECAST AND AS A RESULT VISIBILITIES WILL BE MUCH BETTER. HOWEVER THE EXTREME COLD WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 45 TO MINUS 50 EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.

FYI, -40 Celcius and -40 Fahrenheit are the same. It's miserable out there!