Extreme cold warnings remain in place across Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan residents who visited Environment Canada’s alerts page were seeing red early Wednesday morning.

The weather service splits the province into 32 regions for its alerts, and all 32 were under an extreme cold warning.

Warnings are signified by red on the page.

By 11 a.m., the warnings were lifted in three regions in the northwest corner of the province.

According to Environment Canada, an Arctic airmass over the province was responsible for “an extended period of extreme wind chills.”

“Wind chill values of -40 to -45 can be expected this morning,” the alert said. “Somewhat warmer air will begin to move into western regions this afternoon, but areas in the eastern half of the province should see -40 wind chills return once more Wednesday night.”

Environment Canada’s forecast for Regina on Wednesday called for a high of -20 C with a wind chill of -43 C in the morning and -30 C in the afternoon. The same conditions were expected Thursday before a warmup to -6 C on Friday.

Saskatoon was to experience a high of -18 C on Wednesday with a wind chill of -43 C in the morning and -28 C in the afternoon.

Things were to moderate slightly in the Bridge City on Thursday, with a high of -16 C and wind chills of -32 C in the morning and -24 C in the afternoon. The high on Friday in Saskatoon is expected to be -3 C.

More information can be found on the Environment Canada alerts webpage.