Another day, more extreme cold in Manitoba

It's yet another day in Manitoba that has people waking up and asking a lot of questions, like"Why do we live here?"

Other favourites include:"Will my car start?" and "Will the feeling ever return to my fingers?"

Environment Canada issued extreme cold warningsfor a large chunk of the province's southwestand south-central regions, where morning temperatures ranged from27 C to37 C with wind chillsin the 40 to 50 range.

The province's far north, which hasn't been able to shake the extreme cold warnings for weeks now, is also facing another day of stinginglyfrigidtemperatures, much the same as those in the south.

At this depth of cold, there is a dangerous risk of frostbite. Exposed skin can freeze in five to 10 minutes with wind chills of40 to 47 and within two to five minutes in wind chills of 48 to 54.

Numerous school divisions have cancelled classes or buses for the day. The full list can be foundon CBC Manitoba's Storm Centre.

The coldest temperatures are in communities closer to the border with Saskatchewan. Every corner of thatprovince has been enveloped in freezing temperatures for the past few days with some places setting new records.

In Manitoba, Brandon was sitting at 37 C on Friday morning with a wind chill of51. A two-hour drive east of there, in Winnipeg, the temperature was27 C and the wind chill39.

Drive another hour east and the extreme cold warnings end.

But don't try to tell anyone living there that it wasn't another bitterly crisp day. Temperatures in the province's southeast were still around25 with wind chills of35.

Temperatures across the south should rise through the day but struggle to get much higher than20 C, Environment Canada forecasts.

Wind chills will stay around30 then drop again to40 overnight, the weather agency said.

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