Drivers hoping to head to North Dakota Monday faced a major road closure with officials closing down I-29 from the Canadian border to Fargo, N.D.
Poor visibility and treacherous driving conditions were reported in the storm.
The airports in Grand Forks and Fargo reported a number of flight cancellations and some diversions Monday.
As of 3 p.m. Monday, blizzard and snowfall warnings were in place for parts of southeastern Manitoba, including Sprague, Steinbach and the Whiteshell. More information on weather warnings is available online
Winnipeg wasn’t expected to catch the brunt of the storm, but the long winter has many wondering there if the weather will ever warm up.
“I don’t even think we’re going to get a summer. I think we’re going to just go into next winter,” said Les Robillard, a father of two.
Environment Canada said Winnipeg experienced the coldest weather between December and February of all the country’s major cities, with an average temperature of -20.3.
“If there’s one word we can use to describe this winter, it’s ‘persistent,’” said Natalie Hasell from Environment Canada.
But the forecast for later this week shows the thaw could be on the way.
“So we're going to see that warmer blip of air later this week and if we're lucky that will just continue and extend on,” said Hasell.
More information on North Dakota;s road conditions is on the state's site and Manitoba road conditions are also available online.
