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Manitoba Weather Updates and Weather Documentation! Operating year round. Founded by Lead Weather Forecaster: Justin Oertel. Based out of Brandon and Winnipeg Manitoba. Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MBWeatherCentre

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · Nov 13

MEET THE TEAM:

Justin Oertel: Founder and Lead Weather Forecaster + Storm Chaser

Rachel Oertel: SM Moderator

Andrew Hamm: Storm Chaser + Weather Specialist

Jamie Freeman: Storm Chaser + Weather Specialist

Mike McGregor: Weather Specialist

Rae Oertel: SM Moderator + Weather Enthusiast

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · Jul 16

I am reviewing my photos from the July 3rd Storm Chase across far SE SK/SW MB and I came across this photo where it looks like a large funnel or tornado could have touched down briefly. Photo was taken at 8:52pm NE of Tilston, MB looking Westward

#SKStorm #MBStorm @ntp-reports.bsky.social

-Justin

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · May 17

The NTP has confirmed a tornado near Sperling in southern Manitoba, southwest of Winnipeg, from the late-day storms on May 15. No damage was reported. Full details on this tornado (and results from other tornado reports investigated) here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202... #MBstorm

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

📰 ‼️ **BREAKING** ‼️ 📰

Two tornadoes have officially been CONFIRMED yesterday across Southeastern Manitoba. The first occurring near Sperling, Manitoba and then a second one occurring near Niverville.

That brings Manitoba’s total for tornadoes so far this year to 3! 🌪️

#mbwx #mbstorm

-Justin. 🤓

The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

🎥 **NEW FOOTAGE** 🎥

We have just received new evidence of a probable tornado yesterday evening around 6pm near Sperling, Manitoba 🌪️

Video Courtesy of: Devon Friesen

#mbwx #mbstorm #manitoba #tornado #weather

-Justin. 🤓

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Scott Kehler 🇨🇦 @scottdkehler.bsky.social · May 16

Southern Manitoba's wild week of weather continues. We started the week with the earliest 100 F (37.8 C) temperature reading in Canadian history. This morning, we have temperatures near 0 C in western Manitoba and perhaps even the odd flake of snow!

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · May 16

We’ve received several reports of tornadoes with the storms in southern Manitoba yesterday evening.

We are following up. A storm damage survey may be required, but to this point no damage has been reported.

Please send any reports to @ntp-reports.bsky.social or submit info at uwo.ca/ntp. #MBstorm

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

Video of the probable tornado near Sperling, Manitoba earlier this evening shortly after 6:00pm, Look at that CRAZY rotation! 😱 🎥 🌪️

Video Courtesy of: Kat Gyo.

#mbwx #mbstorm #manitoba #weather #tornado

-Justin. 🤓

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 16

‼️ **BREAKING** ‼️

A probable Landspout Tornado was spotted today near Sperling, Manitoba shortly after 6:00pm this evening!! 🌪️

Here are a couple of photos from our follower, Kat Gyo.

#mbstorm #mbwx #manitoba #landspout #tornado #weather

-Justin. 🤓

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Canadian Chancy Clouts 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @chancy-clouts.bsky.social · May 13

It’s so unusual hot, like really HOT…
But back to usual May long weekend weather with potential snow, because it’s a May Long tradition to have crappy weather!
We honestly need some substantial precipitation to help with the fire situation.
Happy Victory Day weekend!

@mbweathercentre.bsky.social

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

Satellite Imagery from SE MB right now.
Circled in orange is a current area of interest.

It looks like thunderstorms may be forming from the fires burning NE of Bird River.. Either that, or the fires are escalating and smoke is shooting up 10k-20kft.

Impressive.. but not in a good way!

-Justin. 🤓

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

The City of Winnipeg has overtaken Carman for the Provincial and Canadian “Hot Spot” at 1:00pm with a temperature of +35 °C!! 😳 🥵 🥵

#mbwx #manitoba #winnipeg #weather #temperature

-Justin. 🤓

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

‼️ 🚨 ***MAJOR BREAKING NEWS*** 🚨 ‼️

Nopiming, Manigotagan River, South Atikaki, and Wallace Lake Provincial Parks are all CLOSED to the Public UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE....

Please SHARE!!

#MBFire #Manitoba #ManitobaParks #Wildfire #StaySafe

-Justin. 🤓

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

At 11:00am, Carman, Manitoba is the Hot Spot in all of Canada right now with a temperature of +31.6 °C!!

#mbwx #manitoba #carman #hot #temperature #canada #weather

-Justin. 🤓

The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

It's another SCORCHING HOT day out there, specifically for our friends down across the RRV and Southeastern Manitoba.

Temperatures will once again be nearing highs of up to +37 °C this afternoon for the area circled in white on the map!

#mbwx #mbstorm #mbheat #weather #manitoba

-Justin. 🤓

The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

Good Morning, everyone.

The daylight reveals on the Satellite Imagery that wildfires continue to burn out of control this morning and with breezy conditions today and more extreme heat, these fires could get worse before they get better later this week.

#mbwx #mbstorm #mbfire #manitoba

-Justin. 🤓

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

That’s awesome 😂 😂

The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

😭 🪦

I just want to use the ones the government built lol, Honestly the US is doing a better job keeping their radars operational with all of the cuts to NOAA and the NWS than Canada is without cuts. 😢

It’s honestly kind of sad.

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

#mbwx #mbstorm #manitoba #radars

The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 13

CASFW + CASWL ⬇️ again…

This is a concerning trend we’ve been seeing. These radars aren’t that old to be acting this way. These are relatively new systems.

The Canadian Weather Radar Replacement Program began in 2017.

The project was completed by 2023,
with all 33 new radars installed.

-Justin. 🤓

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Scott Kehler 🇨🇦 @scottdkehler.bsky.social · May 12

Winnipeg has set a new daily record high for May 12. As of 3 PM, the temperature had reached 34.1°C, surpassing the previous record of 32.8°C set in 1958. There's another chance to break a record tomorrow—the May 13 record stands at 33.3°C, set in 1900.

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The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 12

#mbwx #mbstorm #manitoba

The Weather Centre of Manitoba @mbweathercentre.bsky.social · May 12

SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING

A couple isolated supercells are likely to form in far eastern SK in the late afternoon, passing into the greater Swan River area later in the evening.

Although the threat appears to be quite low, a weak tornado or two cannot be ruled out.

-Andrew 🌪️

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