Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

A hot and humid air mass has moved into southern Manitoba, with the most humid weather of the summer, so far, expected by Friday.

Temperatures in the low thirties and humidex values in the 35 to 40 range were reported throughout parts of southern Manitoba Thursday afternoon and will continue into the evening. Little relief will be felt Thursday night as overnight lows hover around 20 degrees. 

Friday will also be hot and humid, with humidex values expected to be near 40.

Relief is expected by Saturday as a cold front tracks through the province on Friday night.

Along with the heat and humidity, thunderstorms are possible throughout southern Manitoba Thursday night and Friday.

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Heat warnings are issued when very high temperature or humidity conditions are expected to pose an elevated risk of heat illnesses, such as heat stroke or heat exhaustion.

For more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/climate-change-health/extreme-heat/how-protect-yourself.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/climate-change-health/extreme-heat/who-is-at-risk.html

For more information on heat and your health: - Visit Manitoba Health at: https://www.manitoba.ca/health/publichealth/environmentalhealth/heat.html. - Call Health Links – Info Santé at 204-788-8200 or toll-free at 1-888-315-9257.

For more information specific to workplaces and heat strain, visit https://www.safemanitoba.com/News/Pages/Heat-Strain-at-Work-with-Dr.-Denise.aspx.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to MBstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on X using #MBStorm.