Winter is coming: Overdue cold, snow en route to southern Manitoba – Winnipeg [Video]

It was nice while it lasted, but southern Manitoba’s fall weather is about to replaced with colder temperatures — and a dumping of snow — in the forecast.

Kyle McAuley of Environment and Climate Change Canada told 680 CJOB’s The Start that a winter storm watch, issued for much of the southwestern section of the province, expanded to even more communities overnight.

Brandon, Morden, Winkler, Portage la Prairie and La Salle are all in line for some stormy weather, with Winnipeg potentially added to the watch over the next few days as the system moves closer to the city.

“It’s actually a Texas low, coming from the Texas panhandle, that’s moving up to the north,” McAuley said.

“This low-pressure system is going to pull down quite a bit of cooler air, with rain coming in sometime likely tonight or early Tuesday morning.

Along with that, a chance of some freezing rain when …