It's still not warm, but extreme cold warnings lifted for southwestern Manitoba

It's still not weather anyone would describe as "warm," but extreme cold warnings for the southwestern part of Manitoba have been lifted.

Environment Canada had issued extreme cold warnings early Saturday for most of the province's southwest,including areas around Brandon, the Parkland region, and areaseast of Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, into the Duck Mountain region.

Thosealerts had been lifted by noon, but cold conditions remained. Brandon was sitting at a temperature of26 C at noon, with the wind chill making it feel like33. The forecast high for the city for Saturday was just22C.

• Environment Canada: Weather alerts for Manitoba

The frigid temperatures arepart of a larger arctic high-pressure ridge stretching across southeastern and central Saskatchewan.

The rest of southern Manitoba is also experiencing cold temperatures, but not cold enough to trigger an extreme cold warning fromEnvironment Canada.

In Winnipeg, Saturday's high is expected to be 18 C, but the wind chill will make it feel like 33.

There is hope on the horizon, though, says CBC meteorologist John Sauder.

"It looks like the end of this current cold snap is scheduled for Wednesday with a high closer to 11," in Winnipeg, he said.

"Then Thursday and Friday, temps are in the minus single digits."

• CBCManitoba: John Sauder's weather journal

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