All Manitoba, save for northeast corner, under extreme cold warning

Manitobans hoping for respite from the extreme cold that has gripped the provinceso much this winter will have to wait and shiver a while longer.

A bitterly cold arctic air masshas enveloped almost the entire province, andexpected to remain in place for the next several days, resulting in a extended period of extreme wind chills.

Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings everywhere in the province but the northeast, including Churchill and theHudson Bay coastline.

Earlier on Monday, Environment Canada had the southeast corner of the province as the only place where the warnings didn't exist. That area has now been included.

Daily high temperatures will range between20 C and30 C for much of Manitoba but extreme wind chill values will range from 40 to 50in the south to50 to 55 in the north. At that range, frostbite will occur in minutes on any exposed skin.

There will be slight moderation during the day, however extreme wind chills will return overnight, the weather agency says in its warning.

On the positive side, the days are expected to be sunny. So Manitobans will get a break from all of the blizzards and shoveling that has burdened them.

In Winnipeg, the highsare forecast tohover around23 C until the weekend, when they will ease up tobetween11 C and16 C.

The overnight lows will likely be between27C and37C.

The normal highfor this time of year is6 C and the normal overnight low is17 C.