Snowfall, winter storm warnings in place across Saskatchewan

The warm weather is coming to an end for much of Saskatchewan.

Environment Canada’s Jason Knight said Sunday another clipper is headed for much of the province.

“(We’re) looking at about 15 centimetres or more through Monday evening. We’re not only concerned about the snow but they’re also going to see winds gusting to 70 kilometres an hour,” he said.

Saskatoon, Hudson Bay, Porcupine Plain, Humboldt, Wynyard, Kamsack, Canora, Martensville, Warman, Melfort and Nipawin were among the areas under a snowfall warning.

Winter storm warnings were in place for areas including Lloydminster, Kindersley, Rosetown, Unity and The Battlefords.

As well, blowing snow advisories were in place across areas in southwestern Saskatchewan, including Moose Jaw, Pense, Leader, Shaunavon, Maple Creek, Swift Current and Herbert.

Knight said strong winds are expected with this storm, especially west of Saskatoon.

“So that could be poor visibility, especially in the Kindersley area, and that will linger into Monday as well,” he said.

He reminded people to drive with care on our roadways.

“It’s the sudden reduction in that visibility,” he said. “We’re going to see that quite a bit of snow as it’s falling can make conditions quite poor, (with visibility) very suddenly reduced down to zero.”

Knight also said it’s going to get colder.

“We’re going to see temperatures just steadily dropping throughout the week likely, bottoming out a sub-minus-20 before the end of the week with wind chills below -30 for the start of December,” he said.

More information is available on the Environment Canada alerts web page.

At 3 p.m., the Highway Hotline reported seasonal driving conditions around the province, with no closures and no advisories that travel wasn’t recommended.