Snowfall warnings start off the week on the Prairies

Monday, October 6, 2014, 10:14 AM - Whether you were basking in warmth on Canada's coasts, or shivering in southern Ontario and Quebec, take heart: At last it wasn't snowing.

People in northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan had to deal with plunging temperatures and significant snowfall.

It's looking a little better in Ontario - snowfall warnings dropped over the weekend, and the last snow-related special weather statement was cancelled Monday morning - but the northern Prairies still have more than a few flakes to fall.

"An intense low pressure system in northern Ontario will continue to bring widespread snow to northern Manitoba today," Environment Canada says. "Snowfall amounts have likely been in the 5-10 cm range overnight, with an additional 5-10 cm expected."

In Saskatchewan's extreme northeast, the agency says an additional 10 cm is expected, according to a warning in effect in the early morning hours Monday.

As for Ontario: "Snow for the regions north of Thunder Bay through to northern Saskatchewan through today and tomorrow," Weather Network meteorologist Brett Soderholm said early Monday. "Amounts generally less than 10 cm."

Major amounts have already fallen in the northern-most areas, with lesser - but still unwelcome - totals elsewhere in Ontario and Manitoba.

It's not at all uncommon to see snow in that region by early October, but here's something to give you pause: Some of the amounts listed above actually broke snowfall records, some dating back decades.

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