The southern prairies snowstorm of May 11, 2004

What happened?

Photographs

• Pictures of the snowstorm in action

Satellite images

• Water Vapour satellite animation during the storm (sorry, the times were lost, but it runs from about 12:00Z to 23:00Z)
• Visible satellite animation during the storm part 1 - (sorry, the times were lost, but it runs from about 12:00Z to 19:00Z)
• Visible satellite animation during the storm part 2 - (sorry, the times were lost, but it runs from about 19:00Z to 21:00Z)
• Here is a visible picture of southern Manitoba and the surrounding areas on May 14, 2004; note the snow still on the ground

Surface analyses

• The animation of the wind barbs, surface pressure, and pressure tendency
• The animation of the surface pressure and temperature

Observations

• Winnipeg
• Estevan
• Brandon
• Storm summary of unofficial total snowfall amounts

Last update to this page: May 14, 2004