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A Hail Mary throw from Mother Nature is keeping winter around a bit longer in Saskatchewan.
An Alberta clipper making its way through Saskatchewan is bringing snow along with the potential for freezing rain in the South and Central parts of the province.
Danielle Desjardins, Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada said not much snow will fall in Saskatoon or Regina.
“We are expecting the snow to begin (Thursday) evening and you’re looking at about two to four centimetres for the City of Saskatoon,” she said. “For Regina (we) could see a centimetre or two of snow.”
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The freezing rain is expected to mix with the snowfall until the storm system moves out by the end of Friday.
“Off and on snow (Thursday) and as the temperatures warm up a little bit there will be a risk of freezing rain,” said Desjardins.
With the weather forecast showing snow and freezing rain, many different challenges will present themselves.
“We do have freezing rain and then temperatures below zero so it could make roadways and highways quite slippery,” said Desjardins. “We are also going to see winds pick up from the east… that combined with falling snow and/or the freezing rain risk that’s going to reduce visibility.”
Desjardins said she is expecting to see blowing snow across the South and Central parts of the province overnight.
“The snow isn’t going to be particularly heavy for Saskatoon so we will see the travel conditions will be impacted but not expecting that to last a particularly long time,” she said. “We aren’t expecting blowing snow to be as much of an issue in the south.”
There is a snowfall warning in effect for the northern part of the province as well and Desjardins said close to 10 inches of snow could fall.
“We are expecting quite a bit of snow, up to 20, maybe even a storm total of 25 centimetres,” she said.
After the Alberta clipper leaves the province, Desjardins said temperatures could remain below the seasonal average.
“We’ll see a couple days of below normal temperatures… looking at overnight lows nearing the minus 20 mark,” she said. “And then daytime highs in the minus five to minus 10-degree range.”
