Environment Canada has announced that there's a winter storm warning in effect for Dauphin and the Parkland after the earlier winter storm watch was upgraded to a warning this afternoon.
The rain will change to snow, at times heavy, over the Parkland area Saturday afternoon and total snowfall accumulations by the time the snow ends Sunday afternoon could be 30-40 cm.
In addition to the heavy snow, strong northerly winds with gusts approaching 80 km/h are expected on Saturday creating poor visibility and blowing snow.
Environment Canada says there's also a risk of freezing rain Saturday morning as the rain changes over to snow causing roads to become extremely slippery.
