Winnipeg was the warmest place in the Canada for about three hours Sunday morning.
“It was a quirk of timing,” Environment Canada meteorologist Jason Knight in a phone call to CTV News.
Knight said Winnipeg reached a high Sunday morning of 17.5 Celsius this morning at 7 a.m. The warm temperatures lasted for about three hours, he said.
“It’s a consequence of the low pressure system. Kept us warm all night,” said Knight.
Knight expected the rest of Sunday see some pretty miserable weather
He said Winnipeg should see showers starting around noon followed by wind gusts of up to 70 kilometres per hour.
“It’s going to be a pretty nasty one this afternoon,” said Knight
Winnipeg is forecast to receive about 10 millimetres of rain and temperatures will fall during the day to about 12 C.
Winnipeg won’t see clearer skies until later on Monday.
Rain is expected intermittently throughout the day, with a risk of a thunderstorm around noon. Temperatures will continue to fall to around 12 Celsius this afternoon and the wind will pick up, with gusts up to 70 kilometres per hour.
The rain will end late this evening, but the wind will continue to be strong, between 30 and 50 km/h.
Heavy rainfall warning
Rainfall warnings continue to blanket a large swath of central Manitoba Saturday.
Environment Canada has warnings stretching from Thompson in the north down to Bloodvein and Waterhen Meadow Portage in the south, and from the Interlake east to the Ontario border.
A low pressure system moving northward through central Manitoba could bring as much as 75 millimetres to parts of the area.
The rain will taper off west to east as the system moves into northwestern Ontario this evening.
The downpours can cause flash flooding and pools on roads.
- With files from Beth Macdonell
