Snowfall ends, cold snap continues for most of Saskatchewan

The snowfall warning has ended for most of Saskatchewan, but that cold, windy weather isn’t going anywhere.

David Baggaley, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said almost half the province can expect wind chill temperatures to hover around -30 C Sunday and overnight into Monday.

“There’s not much change in the weather,” he said. “We’re looking at really cold wind chills pretty much for all of southern Saskatchewan.”

There doesn’t seem to be any immediate change for the incoming weather either.

“It’s not going to get any better. There’s a ridge of high pressure over northern Saskatchewan right now that’s producing even colder temperatures up there today,” Baggaley said.

“That’s going to drifting down to southern Saskatchewan later in the week, so skies may clear but it will be very cold for the rest of the week.”

That ridge of high pressure will gradually blanket most of the province as Baggaley says these types of systems “tend to stick around for a long time.”

This cold snap is the latest harsh weather the province has had to look out for after a weekend snowfall that dropped nearly 20 centimetres in some spots.

Baggaley also mentioned a number of communities along the American border that are still dealing with more snow coming down on Sunday.

Areas stretching from Assiniboia all the way to the Manitoba border are under snowfall warnings. About 15 centimetres is expected throughout Sunday.