Environment Canada predicts cold week ahead for Sask.

After a weekend of shoveling under cloudy skies, most of the province can expect some sunshine over the next week.

But Environment Canada meteorologist Shannon Moodie said the clearer conditions will come with cold temperatures.

“There’s just a big blob of cold air that’s heading south, so it’s definitely going to stick around for a while,” she said.

Monday morning saw all areas of the province north of Saskatoon under extreme cold warnings.

Moodie said Saskatoon could expect cloud cover to stick around through the day Monday, with about two centimetres of snowfall and wind chill values pushing below -30 C.

“We’re expecting the cloud to start to clear out Tuesday morning. But, as the cloud clears out the temperatures are going to start dropping.”

She said winds were expected to be light, but overnight lows would be near the -30 C mark through the rest of the week and into the weekend.

Regina was still getting snow Monday morning from a small system tracking along the U.S. border and into southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba.

While that system prompted snowfall warnings for areas around Estevan and Carlyle, only about two centimetres of snow was expected to fall on Regina through the day Monday, with another one or two centimetres expected Tuesday.

“Again, not a lot, just enough to probably have to shovel the sidewalk,” Moodie said.

From there, Regina was expected to join Saskatoon in the deep freeze for the rest of the week, with overnight lows of roughly  -25 C to -30 C.