Manitoba weather: Cold snap easing, but chilly conditions continue [Video]

If you step outside on Monday afternoon in southern Manitoba or northwestern Ontario, you will feel the chill, to be sure. The extreme cold over the last few days, though, has eased up considerably.

Daytime highs across the region will come close to the mid-minus teens this afternoon. Some light snow in the southwest will end, as the sunshine in the southeast gives way to cloudier skies.

It’s a different story for the northern half of the province today.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), a southward-slumping ridge of high pressure over the Northwest Territories has delivered a fresh blast of arctic air.

It is so cold that temperatures will fall this afternoon, deep into the -20s, even -30s, accompanied by lighter winds and bone-chilling wind chill values in the -30s and -40s. Frostbite can happen in minutes in such conditions.

ECCC has issued extreme cold warnings for …