More cold ahead for Saskatchewan: Environment Canada

Saskatchewan started yet another week with most parts of the province under extreme cold warnings from Environment Canada.

Meteorologist Justin Share said a ridge of high pressure was continuing to bring Arctic air into the province, with no cloud cover to help retain heat.

“So, very clear skies out there and just all the heat loss happening. Any bit of wind and those wind chill values are dropping.”

Regina and Saskatoon both saw wind chills push to -42 C by 6 a.m. Monday.

Share said a lower pressure system was expected to bring a brief warm-up by mid-week.

“But unfortunately, it’s going to get cold again next weekend as well before we start slowly climbing up, temperature-wise, throughout the first couple weeks of March.” he said.

Clear skies through the week were expected to translate into dry conditions through much of Saskatchewan, with a chance of some light flurries Tuesday in Regina and Thursday in Saskatoon.

Share said while temperatures should come up through March, they are likely to remain slightly below average.