Rain still in the forecast for parts of Saskatchewan

The storms that socked areas of Saskatchewan on Sunday are still in the neighbourhood.

Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said rain was in Monday’s forecast for some areas of the province.

“We do have sort of leftover showers (and) thundershowers from that weather system that went through (Sunday),” Lang said.

“We’re now in the cooler air, but there’s still quite a bit of instability and humidity in the air, so we are expecting showers (and) the possibility of thundershowers, mainly over that southeast corner.”

Early Monday afternoon, Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm watches across southern Saskatchewan.

“An unstable airmass in southern Saskatchewan is triggering scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, some of which may be severe,” the advisory read. “Thunderstorms will continue into the evening hours with the severity of the storms diminishing by late evening.”

Lang  said the thunderstorms wouldn’t be as serious as the storms that hit Sunday.

“And just the way this weather system is wrapping around, it looks like there’s going to be a bit more in the way of rain over that southwest corner, particularly over the Cypress Hills area,” Lang said. “They could see some higher amounts.”

Lang couldn’t predict how much rain would fall in the province through the day, but areas of the southwest could see between 25 and 35 millimetres.

She also couldn’t forecast how much rain the Regina and Saskatoon areas could get, saying it depended on how heavy the showers were in those regions.

After things clear up, Saskatchewan could see more seasonal conditions — but only for a couple of days.

“It does look like towards the end of the week that we might have another weather system come through (that is) a bit more organized,” Lang said. “It might bring some more thunderstorms, more severe weather, and that looks like sort of that Thursday-Friday time period.”