Southeastern Saskatchewan hit with a wallop of winter weather

All snow warnings were gone early Thursday morning after southeastern Saskatchewan was battered by snow.

Brian Luzny, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the most snow was recorded in Estevan with 19 centimetres.

“That’s kind of what we were expecting, within that 10 to 20 (cm) range along the American border,” said Luzny.

The storm moved in from Montana on Wednesday, then battered the southeastern corner of the province. The snowfall evened out around midnight on Wednesday and then travelled into Manitoba.

Estevan reported the snowfall stopped around midnight.

According to the Highway Hotline, travel was not recommended on highways around Estevan between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning,  Those alerts were downgraded to winter driving conditions with some poor visibility.

Luzny said there were still icy conditions and swirling snow in southeastern Saskatchewan on Thursday morning.

Much of Saskatchewan got the first shot of winter starting Tuesday morning. The RCMP said officers responded to “36 weather-related traffic incidents” between midnight on Tuesday and 11 a.m. after the roads became slippery during the snowfall.

Luzny encouraged people to check the Highway Hotline and Environment Canada for weather alerts before they start travelling.