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The greatest snow accumulations will likely be between the North Dakota border and Highway 1, between Brandon and Portage la Prairie where 50+ cm is possible through Saturday.

Areas closer to the Red River, including the city of Winnipeg, could also get between 10-25 cm of wet snow. Accumulations of 20-30 cm will extend westward into Saskatchewan and slowly diminish to zero in Regina.

"Through Saturday, snowfall intensity will be a little lighter, but still ongoing, mainly west of Winnipeg," Weather Network meteorologist Nadine Hinds-Powell. "Through Sunday and Monday, conditions will be much improved, with widely scattered wrap-around light rain/snow mix as the low continues to weaken into northwestern Ontario."

Strong winds will also continue through Saturday, gusting in the 40-60 km/h range Saturday. This may result in lingering blizzard-like conditions south of Lake Manitoba and along the Trans-Canada Highway.

THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER AS HEAVY, WET SNOW TAKES DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES

Despite ongoing efforts by Manitoba Hydro, the number of customers without power was up and down Friday. By 7 p.m. Friday night, Manitoba Hydro reported almost 50,000 customers were in the dark with roughly 14,000 outages in Winnipeg alone. That's as wet snow and gusty winds take a toll on tree branches and powerlines.

"If you see a damaged or fallen power line, stay away and call 911," Manitoba Hydro tweeted on Thursday. "Treat all lines as energized. Stay away from them or anything they touch."

WATCH BELOW: POWER LINES FLASH IN MANITOBA