Manitobans may be facing the coldest temperatures this winter has to offer, but things are about to make a dramatic change. That according to CMOS Certified Weathercaster Chris Sumner, who says the extreme cold should end after today.

" We're expecting -40 to -45 degree wind chill values (today), that's what it will feel like to bare skin. We are expecting a dramatic warm up to start tomorrow and continue through next week."

Sumner says that we can expect single digit highs by the end of the weekend, but that's not the end of the warming trend.  "We may see above zero temperature by mid next week and late next week."

He says the warming trend will come as the result of a high pressure system to our south.  He says high pressure systems rotate clockwise, and if it's associated to our jurisdiction so that it's pulling the warm air up from the south, we can experience a dramatic warm-up.  He says that's exactly what will happen over the next few days.