From a blizzard warning, to a winter storm warning, to a rainfall warning, to a wind warning, Portage la Prairie saw it all over the last few weeks.

This weekend alone was the wettest and windiest.

Local weather observer Henry Romance was watching the precipitation closely, and says he started counting Friday morning. Snow turned to rain around 7 a.m., continuing all day Saturday, before ending Sunday morning around 6 a.m. At 7 a.m., the snow started to fall, and the wind started to blow.

Wind gusts were recorded above 60 kilometres per hour all day Sunday, reaching a max speed of 81 around 3 p.m. 

 

A chart showing the wind gusts from the past 24 hours.

Over the three day span, Romance recorded 29.3 millimetres of precipitation. Environment and Climate Change Canada recorded 33.3 millimetres at their Southport station.

Romance notes the following amounts at other stations:
ICMS      20.0 mm
Bagot     28.2 mm
Austin    35.5 mm
Gladstone 42.9 mm
Lakeland  42.9 mm

Environment Canada has issued the following list of storm-total precipitation amounts as of 8:00 Monday morning. Amounts are in millimetres:

Altona 76.6
Gretna 71.3
Winnipeg The Forks 70.5
St. Adolphe 69.8
Morris 67.6
Emerson 60.0
St. Pierre 59.7
Brunkild 59.5
Selkirk 56.8
Morden 55.8
Vivian 53.5
Pinawa 53.0
Winnipeg Airport 52.9
Steinbach 52.7
Flanders Lake 52.0
Dominion City 51.8
Elma 49.8
Deerwood 49.8
Dugald 49.6
Rosa 49.1
Beausejour 48.4
Zhoda 46.7
Lac du Bonnet 45.3
Plumas 45.2
Carman 44.4
Sprague lake 43.5
Sprague 43.3
Gladstone 42.8
Pilot Mound 42.2
Marchand 41.8
Gimli 41.2
Prawda 40.9
Stonewall 40.7
Great Falls 40.7
Starbuck 40.6
Manitou 40.0
Lakeland 39.2
Clearwater 38.8
McCreary 38.4
Brandon 38.2
Oakpoint 37.8
Taylor's Point 37.7
Gardenton 37.3
St. Claude 37.2
Elm Creek 36.9
Windygates 36.8
Shilo 36.6
Argue 36.2
Bede 35.4
Carberry 35.4
Austin 35.1
Somerset 35.1
Alonsa 34.9
Treherne 34.7
Elie 34.6
Portage la Prairie 33.5
Eriksdale 33.3
Pierson 33.2
Snowflake 33.0
Findlay 32.7
Melita 32.5
Inwood 32.3
Green Lake 32.2
Cartwright 31.9
Fisher Branch 31.7
Rosenburg 31.5
Baldur 31.5
Reedy Creek 30.9
Neepawa 30.5
Wawanesa 30.5
Kenton 30.3
Alexander 30.1
Rivers 30.0

The following is a list of the highest wind gusts as of 8:00 Monday morning. Speeds are in kilometres per hour:

  • Brandon 100
  • Forrest 89
  • Lakeland 89
  • Rivers 87
  • Snowflake 87
  • Oakburn 87
  • Plumas 87
  • Alonsa 85
  • Cartwright 85
  • Ninette 85
  • Deerwood 85
  • Pierson 83
  • Minto 83
  • Newdale 83
  • Neepawa 83
  • Souris 81
  • Moosehorn 81
  • Altona 81
  • Clearwater 81
  • Windygates 81
  • Kane 81
  • San Clara 81
  • Bagot 81
  • Shilo 81
  • Portage la Prairie 81
  • Winnipeg 80
  • Grandview 80
  • Baldur 80
  • Bede 80
  • Brunkild 80
  • St. Claude 80
  • Holland 80
  • Shoal Lake 80
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