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Batten down the hatches, still calling for the same to move in by afternoon as per wind warning below. Wind gusts to 90(!!):  
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?mb7  

perhaps said "If any areas west of Brandon around Oak lake ,Virden or Alexander are seeing any snow or rain yet? Along TC#1? "

Nope. Nothing major here.

Not sure abour precip, but the increase in wind slowly making its way in our direction.  
 
1pm Environment Canada reading had the wind pickup showing in Broadview (49 km/h gust to 79 km/h), Estevan at 62 gusting to a whopping 95 and to a lesser extent Melita at 40 gust to 51  
 
Brandon at a calm 9 km/h for now....  
 
Edited by Adam, 2015-11-18 13:52:08

Rain or snow I will believe once I see it but they usually fairly right and accurate on wind situation.

Wind is picking up now in Virden/Oak lake area.

Strong wind & snow for a few minutes now in the same area mentioned above. Small flakes. Skipped the rain.  
 
Edited by Flutterby, 2015-11-18 14:36:13

Flutterby said "Strong wind & snow for a few minutes now in the same area mentioned above. Small flakes. Skipped the rain.     Edited by Flutterby, 2015-11-18 14:36:13"

Wind whipping it around pretty good now.

"Calm" definitely isn't a word I'd use to describe Brandon anymore either. EC site put out a reading from 10 mins ago and says we're now at 60 km/h gusting to 78.  
 
Posted this to the highway conditions thread, but also relevant in this one... the province's webcams that give an idea of conditions in a few areas including one they have setup at Kirkella. Unfortunately 3 of the 8 cameras are down and a fourth is showing a pretty blurry image:  
http://www.manitoba511.ca/en/cameras/  
 
 
Edited by Adam, 2015-11-18 15:35:01

Wow that's some wind we are getting. Pretty sure I may wake up with our house in Winnipeg instead of Brandon.