Update at 8:53 am, March 11: Most highways have re-opened. 

A Blowing Snow Advisory ended this morning at 10:30am.

Strong northwest winds gusting to 70 km/h are combining with flurries to produce areas of significant blowing snow, which has led to a number of highway closures and challenging driving conditions Friday morning. Also, several school cancellations have come in this morning.

School cancellations for today include Hanover School Division. Students have a scheduled day off, and schools are now closed to staff as well due to treacherous road conditions and highway closures. Teachers are reassigned to work from home. Division administrative and office support staff are also reassigned to work at home for the day. If possible and safe to do so, a local Division office administrator will attend at the Division office to answer public inquiries, but the office will remain closed to the public.

Highway 12 is closed from #1 to 203. Highway 52 is closed from Mitchell to La Broquerie. Trans-Canada Highway is closed from Hadashville to the Perimeter, which is also closed.

For a detailed look at road closures and driving conditions, as well as cancellations,  click here for the Boyd Autobody and Glass Road Report and Cancellations.

The cold front associated with yesterday's passing clipper has delivered on the promise of gusty winds and some flurry activity, and that has led to another morning of blustery conditions, blowing snow and reduced visibility. When you look back at all the clippers we've had since the start of the year, this isn't the worse, but it's packing enough punch to make travel difficult.

The winds will ease, somewhat, throughout Friday morning as high pressure slides over the region, but will remain in the 30 to 50 km/h range into the afternoon.

It won't be until Friday evening that we see the winds really back-off.

Southern Manitoba will have a very brief reprieve from the stormy conditions, with the third clipper in five days expected to impact the region Saturday.

Gusty southerly winds will develop tomorrow morning as the low pressure system approaches, with snowfall starting before noon. We're not expecting a lot, just a few centimeters, but with gusts up to 50 km/h, blowing snow and reduced visibility will lead to some travel impacts.

For Sunday, sunshine is expected to return, and a much quieter day will wrap up the weekend with highs still a few degrees below average, around -3 to -5.

A much warmer air-mass is expected to move across the Prairies by Tuesday, pushing temperatures above freezing and above average. Right now, we're looking at highs of +2 to +5 Tuesday through Friday.