Extreme cold warnings in effect across central Sask.

Saskatchewan is still feeling the effects of the Alberta Clipper weather system.

Southern Saskatchewan was battered by strong winds into Tuesday morning, while the northeast grainbelt saw the highest accumulation of snow.

“It’s already making its way into southern Ontario,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang. “They’re called a clipper because they move so fast.”

Wind gusts over 80 kilometres per hour were felt Tuesday morning in Swift Current, Moose Jaw and Regina while Estevan remained under a blizzard warning early Tuesday afternoon.

Lang says the wind will gradually begin to ease through the afternoon while temperatures begin to fall.

“In typical Clipper fashion, there’s a big ridge of high pressure coming from the Arctic settling in. It will give us some very cold temperatures, probably bottoming out lower than -30 C with those wind chills,” Lang said.

Environment Canada issued extreme cold warnings across central Saskatchewan on Tuesday afternoon.

Communities as far north as Meadow Lake, stretching east to Hudson Bay and as far south as Kindersley, stretching east to Esterhazy, were included in the warnings.

The cooldown will be short-lived, with temperatures bouncing back into single digits on Thursday.

Lang said there’s the potential of a repeat system coming through the province on that day.