Colleen Bready's Forecast: The calm after the storms
The impact of one low pressure system on both halves of Manitoba on Thursday is remarkable.
The low helped to usher in a hot and humid air mass over the south—and a cold front that produced tornado-warned severe thunderstorms east of Lake Winnipeg Thursday evening.
As the severe storms moved east, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued tornado warnings for communities including Almdals Cove and Powerview-Pine Falls.
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Lowe Farm
Prairie sunset while harvesting wheat.
(Photo by Tina Doell)
Deer Meadow Farms
Smiles for sunflower season!
(Photo by Melissa Tokariwski)
Traverse Bay
Froggy enjoying a lift in a duckling in our pond in Traverse Bay.
(Photo by Cindy Lamoureux)
White Shell
Lunch is ready!
(Photo by Melissa Tokariwski)
Sturgeon Road
Sunset over sunflowers.
(Photo by Gia Walker)
Beauty in the fog
Beauty in the fog
(Photo by Lillian Fisher)
Falcon Lake sunset
Falcon Lake sunset
(Photo by Roy Heinrichs)
This red squirrel
This red squirrel has been busy gathering pinecones.
(Photo by Tania Kruk)
Lockport pelicans
Lockport pelicans
(Photo by Tammy Karatchuk)
Beautiful double rainbow
A beautiful double rainbow
(Photo by Jessica Raupers)
Sunset
Winnipeg sunset.
(Photo by Dale Robertson)
Sunrise over Island Lakes
Sunrise over Island Lakes in Winnipeg
(Photo by Ron Kehler)
Sunrise in St Andrews
Sunrise in St Andrews
(Remi Morrissette)
A very smokey day
A very smokey day at Grand Beach
(Photo by Carolyn Janzen)
Smokey day in Winnipeg
Smokey day in Winnipeg
(Photo by Kat Hedges)
Kimberly Hill
Kimberly Hill in Winnipeg
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Royal Lake, Ontario
Royal Lake, Ontario
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Winnipeg Beach Sunrise
Winnipeg Beach sunrise
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Storm
Looking Northwest over the town of Hazelridge towards the Birds Hill Park area.
(Photo by Luka Kuzenko)
Funnel cloud forming
Funnel cloud forming.
(Photo by Sean Menezes)
Pelicans
Pelicans taking flight at Dauphin Beach
(Photo by Barb Hrehirchuk)
Winkler, Mb
Winkler, Mb
(Photo by Jessie Unger)
Sunset in Belair
Sunset in Belair
(Photo by Andrew Ashett)
The Sunset
The Sun setting over the city through the smoke, next to the Fort Garry Hotel
(Photo by Mark Pirgalin)
Otter falls
Otter falls
(Photo by Kelly Hyra)
An active storm cloud at Netley Creek, MB.
An active storm cloud at Netley Creek, MB.
(Photo by Shawn Dagg)
At this point, there are no reports of any tornadoes.
Winnipeg was under a severe thunderstorm watch for several hours, but no storms developed over the city.
Meanwhile, the same system dumped a staggering amount of much-needed rain over the north, including a number of wildfire-affected communities.
Here are rainfall totals reported by ECCC so far:
Lynn Lake 84.7 mm
Pukatawagan 58.8 mm
Leaf Rapids 42.7 mm
Sherridon 34.8 mm
Notigi 31.0 mm
Tadoule Lake 27.1 mm
Thompson 23.9 mm
Churchill 18.6 mm
The Pas 18.4 mm
Flin Flon 18.2 mm
Friday brings the calm after the storms, while the northeast will see more showers as the low pressure system slowly moves east.
The low will bring one last blast to Churchill on its way out over Hudson Bay with 5-10 mm of rain, strong and gusting northeast winds, and a cool high of just 8 C this afternoon.
In the south, an approaching ridge of high pressure will bring stable, sunny conditions, with slightly below normal temperatures in the low 20s on Friday and Saturday, before warming up to the mid-20s on Sunday.
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