The taps have finally turned off, all Rainfall Warnings have ended, and an already soggy Southern Manitoba is now even wetter after the third Colorado low in about three weeks drenched the province.

“It has been a very difficult and challenging weekend for many communities across the Pembina and Red River Valleys,” said CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner Sunday morning. “From the serious overland flooding in Morden to the many additional states of local emergency issued, this rainfall event simply exacerbated an already tenuous situation. The already saturated landscape had no additional absorption capacity, and all that precipitation we received had no where to go except the path of least resistance.”

la Prairie - 39.1mm
Gretna - 38.6mm
Sprague - 38.1mm
Manitou – 37.8mm (just over 1.5 inches)
Steinbach - 36.3mm
Morris - 35.3mm
Somerset - 33.5mm
Emerson - 33.1mm
Pilot Mound - 31.4mm
Dominion City – 29.2mm (almost 1.2 inches)
1 inch = 25mm

as a southerly flow and sunshine return, landing in the 9 to 11 degree range for daytime highs. According to Sumner, Wednesday through the weekend is when the big warm up will happen, with temperatures surpassing average for this time of year, reaching 17 to 23 potentially. The average daytime for the start of May is 17, with an overnight low of +3.

“At this point, the long-range forecast models are show little chance of additional rainfall this week, which will hopefully give the region some time to dry out,” he said. “With the combination of sunshine, warmer temperatures and breezy southerly winds, that’s a great combination to help turn things around from a soggy mess to at least somewhat drier.”