Sask. clipped hard by Alberta clipper

The weather just went from fall to winter in a hurry in Saskatchewan.

Winter storm and wind warnings continued Sunday afternoon for the eastern half of the province.Environment Canada meteorologist Dan Fulton called it a “nasty day.”

“For Regina and the Qu’Appelle Valley–like Estevan, Weyburn, areas like that–(there are) pretty much near whiteout conditions. Lots of highways closures, snow, blowing snow,” said Fulton.”You’re not going to have too much improvement throughout the day.

“Wind warnings brought gusts up to 90 km/h and whipped around the snow. As of about 8 a.m. Sunday, Fulton said the Regina area had received around 10 centimetres of snow. Saskatoon and area had their storm hit hard a day earlier. According to the city, around 13 cm of snow fell.

Fulton said those regions were still windy and cold Sunday but were not seeing anything like the whiteout conditions around Regina.

He said the wind would die down slightly Sunday afternoon, but it wouldn’t be until the evening before the wind would get down to light and the snow would stop.

“At no point (Sunday) are you going to say it’s a nice day out there,” Fulton admitted.

To start off the new work week Monday, Fulton said the southern half of the province will be met with yet another system, which could bring as much as 10cm of snow again.

However, this time Fulton said it wouldn’t be as windy.Then after that latest round of snow, Fulton said it gets colder than normal. Double-digit highs move into the province around mid-week.

The normal high for this time of year is about 2 C.