Winnipeg .. waiting and watching

St. Andrews made the Weather Channel news today, because of the storm and hail that I just missed yesterday. Good thing! A little further northwest, they had baseball-sized hail - literally. There were viewer photos on the TV. The Weather Channel is making it their big news of the day. This is a picture of that storm as I'm coming around it from the north and east.

Overnight about 1am here, a huge blowing thunderstorm came through. The wind and the rain were amazing, but not a lot of lightning. Hope I tied the plane down tight!

I'm thinking of trying for Brandon, Manitoba today. The thunderstorm risk is supposed to die down by 11am locally, but Brandon forecasting low ceiling at 1500 ft, periods down to 700 ft until 1pm. Later than that, the afternoon thunderstorm risk builds again. The flight to Brandon should take 1.5 hour in 18 knot headwind.

So, off to the airport, check on the plane and monitor the weather hour-by-hour. I may still be here again tonight. Pete is hoping to meet me in Regina, but we can't predict what day that will be yet.