October 4, 2024
Province Issues High Wind Effect Warning for Parts of Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre advises high winds are expected to develop, starting in the evening and lasting until Sunday morning, which may result in high wind effects along the south basin of Lake Manitoba as well as shorelines near Gimli on the west side and Victoria Beach on the east side of Lake Winnipeg.
South wind developing this evening and eventually switching to northwest wind gusting up to 90 km/h and the resulting wave action could raise water levels by five feet or more.
Property owners are advised to take precautions. A map of the Manitoba lakes wind effect forecast showing the affected areas is available at: www.manitoba.ca/floodinfo/wind_effect_alerts/mb_lakes_20241005_20241006.pdf.
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