Winter returns as Winnipeg walloped by spring snowstorm – Winnipeg [Video]

Manitoba had a brief taste of spring, but people throughout the central and southern parts of the province woke up Friday to winter making a comeback as a storm made its way through the region.

Morning estimates from Environment and Climate Change Canada say Winnipeg received anywhere from five to 30 centimetres of snow, depending on what area of the city you’re in.

In an interesting quirk of the storm, lead forecaster Brad Vrolijk said different areas of Winnipeg woke up to vastly disparate amounts of snowfall.

“It looks like up in North Kildonan, East St. Paul, those northern parts of the city, they’ve already had up to 20-30 centimetres of snow with this system,” Vrolijk told 680 CJOB’s The Start.

“If you find yourself on the southern half of the city, it’s considerably less — as low as 5 centimetres on the very southern side of the city — so depending …