Strong winds expected to continue throughout the province into Monday evening

It’s a windy Sunday in Saskatchewan, but don’t expect it to go away so soon.

Wind gusts are being felt up near the 90 km/h threshold in some areas, including Regina. The threshold for a wind warning in Saskatchewan is at 70 km/h sustained and 90 km/h gusts, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Eric Dykes.

He explained why the strong gusts are plaguing many areas in the province.

“Saskatchewan is nicely tucked in between a low-pressure system- a rather strong one- that’s over Alberta this afternoon, and an area of high pressure that’s straddling the Manitoba-Ontario border,” he said.

“In between that, we have rather strong winds out of the south, or the southeast that are for the most part- right over top of the province.”

Strong winds are expected to continue for the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening hours for both Regina and Saskatoon, and areas surrounding the two cities.

Gusts upwards of 80 km/h and very close to 90 km/h are forecast, according to Dykes.

Around midnight, the wind is expected to shift to the west and drop slightly.

Dykes explained that in the early morning hours from North Battleford to Saskatoon, those winds will pick up. He said that it will continue throughout the day across the province.

“We won’t see the winds really start to drop off in earnest until we get to (Monday) evening.”

Dykes says there is the possibility that Environment Canada will have to issue a wind warning throughout Sunday and into Monday.

He also gave tips on what you can do to protect your property with the high winds in Saskatchewan.

“Any furniture that’s outside, (bring) it in,” he said. “Anything that the wind can basically go underneath and grab a hold of and toss around.

“These winds normally aren’t strong enough to cause major trees to fall down onto infrastructure, but may break branches on trees.”

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