Extreme cold warnings lifted in the north, southern Manitoba still facing 30 wind chill

An extreme cold warning for northern Manitoba was lifted early Saturday afternoon, but the warning is still in effect from the northern edges of Lake Winnipeg south to the U.S. border.

Cold winds and chilling temperatures are expected to build through the weekend and could bring lows in the30 Crange, that feel like40 or colder with the wind chill,overnight Saturday and into Sunday, Environment Canadasaid.

Winnipeg is expected to reach a high of 19 C (feels like 33 with wind chill) Saturday but the mercury is expected to drop to28 C overnight (or39 windchill). Similar conditions are expected in Brandon, Steinbach, Gimli,and surrounding areas.

While the warnings for northern Manitoba, including areas surrounding The Pas, Norway House Cree Nation, York Factory and Churchill, were liftedearly Saturday afternoon, Churchill was still expected to see wind chill in the43 range overnight.

More details about the warnings and regional forecasts are available on the Environment Canada website.