FLIN FLON — Ugh. Might want to get the shovels back out. Environment Canada has called a snowfall warning for the Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach area, expecting up to half a foot of snow to fall later today and into Tuesday.
The warning also covers Candle Lake Prov. Park and Narrow Hills Provincial Park, Highway 165 between Highways 2 and 914 including Pinehouse Lake, Lac la Ronge Prov. Park including La Ronge, Montreal Lake and Molanosa, Prince Albert National Park, Buffalo Narrows and Peter Pond Lake, Île à la Crosse and Beauval.
The forecasting service called the warning early Monday morning, calling a rare May snowfall warning due to a low-pressure system swinging into the area from the west. About 10 to 15 centimetres of snow - specifically, the wet and heavy kind - is expected starting Monday and tailing off Tuesday afternoon.
"A low pressure system tracking across the central Prairies will spread snow into west-central Manitoba beginning late this evening. The snow will be wet and heavy at times, with the heaviest snow falling overnight tonight into Tuesday morning," reads the warning.
"The snow will taper off on Tuesday afternoon. This snowfall warning may be expanded south and eastward as the event nears as there becomes more certainty in track and accumulation."
In total, warnings are officially in place for Flin Flon, Creighton, Denare Beach, Pelican Narrows, Sandy Bay, Cumberland House, Cranberry Portage, Snow Lake and the Grass River Provincial Park area, as well as areas in the vicinity of these communities.
Snowfall warnings are currently in effect for a band of Saskatchewan running across the north from the Alberta border to the eastern part of the province. The same warning that covers the Flin Flon area covers communities in Saskatchewan near Flin Flon.
No warnings are in effect for other Manitoba regions outside Flin Flon, with the exception of the Gillam, Shamattawa and York Landing areas in the remote east of the province. Those areas are expected to be hit by a different low pressure system coming from Ontario early this week.
