Winnipeg to get more snow as Alberta clipper heads in

Snow-weary southern Manitobansare facing another storm the second this week and third one in December.

Environment Canada has issued aspecial weather statement that covers nearly the entire southern half of the province, from Swan River to the U.S. border.

An Alberta clipper is expected to barge in on Friday, bringing 10 to 15 centimetres of snow and strong northwest winds that will combine to create poor visibility.

Winnipeggers have already had more than 70 cm of snow so far this December, thanks to apowerful Colorado low that brought blizzard-like conditions on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and another storm that dumped a heavy load of snow on Dec. 6.

Based on the 30 years from 1981 to 2010, the average snowfall in Winnipeg for December is 19.8 cm, CBC meteorologist John Sauder reports.

Depending on what Friday's clipper brings, Winnipeg could get close to the third-most snowfall amount ever recorded during a single month in the city.

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The clipper is expected to track along the Yellowhead Highway corridor of southeastern Saskatchewan beginning Friday morning and then along the Trans-Canada Highway corridor in Manitoba by Friday afternoon, Environment Canada says.

The system should pull out of southeastern Manitoba late Friday evening into early Saturday morning.

Before any of that arrives, however, the mild temperatures of the past couple of days will continue.

Winnipeg forecast for Dec. 29

• High 8 C.
• Mainly cloudy in the morning then a mix of sun and cloud.
• Chilly northwest wind 30 km/h in the morning; 25 km/hin the afternoon.
• Partly cloudy tonight.
• Low16 C.

Normal temperatures for this time of year are a daytime high of13 C and an overnight low of23 C.