Spring snow starts falling in Winnipeg

Winter just won't give up.

Snow has started falling in Winnipeg in giant flakes. About three to five centimetres is expected in the city. More snow will hit areas outside city limits.

Southern Manitoba is flush with weather alerts, including a winter storm warning, a freezing rain warning and a snowfall warning as Tuesday lived up to the billing ofa wacky weather day.

• Weather alerts for Manitoba

An Albertaclipper has moved into the province,spreading snow from the west and then into the Red River Valley.

The heaviest snowfall is expected west of Lake Manitoba to the Saskatchewan border, where 10-15 centimetrescould fallby the end of the day.

More snow is expected overnight in Winnipeg andinto Wednesday and then even more another couple of centimetres Wednesday night.

Temperatures will continue to be below normal through the week, including a shivering high of just6 C on Friday.Normals for this time of year are a daytime high of 7 C and an overnight low of4 C.

If you're hoping for some relief, you'll need to wait until the weekend.

Winnipeg forecast for Tuesday

• High 3 C.
• Cloudy with a chance of flurries in the morning.
• Snowin the afternoon(3-5 cm).
• Wind southeast 20-30 km/h in the morning, becoming east20-30 km/h in the afternoon.
• TONIGHT flurries in the evening and overnight.
• Overnight low 3 C.

John Sauder'sweather journal for April 5