Winter storm development in southern Saskatchewan

Southwestern Saskatchewan is already getting some of the snow from a low-pressure system moving in from our southern neighbours.

Meteorologist Rose Carlson said the hardest hit areas will be along the corridor between the Trans Canada and Yellowhead highways in west-central and southern Saskatchewan.

“Colder air makes a better snowfall production, and then with a good moisture source, the combination of the two factors kind of allows for the pretty significant snowfall that we’re going to be seeing,” Carlson said.

She explained the amount of snow is due to an influx as its trajectory is from the Western United States — which has access to the Pacific Ocean. She added people can expect, “Five to 25 centimeters by the time that everything’s all said and done.”

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Carlson said they are expecting it to continue throughout the day and night, with the heaviest snowfall tapering off by Friday morning.

“We’re expecting kind of lighter snow to linger over quite a bit of the southern half of the province tomorrow, and then start to taper off on its own tomorrow evening,” Carlson said.

Last weekend Saskatoon was hit with 30 cm of snow causing quite the road conditions for drivers.

After this snowfall, the City of Saskatoon decided it would not plow residential roads, this was met with mixed reviews.

Regina also saw a dump of snow, but not nearly as much as the Saskatoon area. Regina was hit with 17 cm of snow last weekend.

Many Regina residents spent their Sunday morning digging out of the snow that the storm dumped on the city.

The storm will include Saskatoon.

Carlson said the province should get a bit of a break, it will include some colder temperatures.

— With files from 650 CKOM’s Lara Fominoff and 980 CJME’s Abby Zieverink