Southern Sask. could see extreme cold warnings by next week

The mild weather currently being experienced in southern Saskatchewan will come to an end soon.

“We’ll probably see extreme cold warnings by the middle of next week for a good part of the province,” Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said Friday.

Lang said temperatures are expected to start dropping Monday, after some areas of the province deal with some precipitation.

“We will see some snow over southern Saskatchewan this weekend,” Lang said. “Keep that in mind with your travel plans because there will be some tricky driving associated with that just because we haven’t seen a lot of snow lately.”

Lang said the snowfall itself won’t be too severe.

“We’re not expecting widespread snowfall accumulations with any of these systems, but enough to make the roads a little tricky for driving, so (this is) a reminder to check that Highway Hotline before heading out,” Lang said.

Lang said northern parts of the province are already dealing with the snow.

“They have a weather system that’s just exiting the province right now, so they have a little bit of light snow lingering,” she said. “But they’re going to get colder over the next couple of days because the colder air is starting to move in from the north.”

On Friday at 3:30 p.m., extreme cold warnings were issued for the far northern areas of the province.