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Environment Canada is warning that “brief but intense bands of snow” are expected to hit west-central Saskatchewan on Thursday evening.
The weather service issued a snow squall watch on Thursday afternoon, covering an area stretching from the Alberta border to Prince Albert and south to Davidson and Leader.
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“Snow squall bands will develop over west central Saskatchewan later this evening and track southeastward,” Environment Canada said in a statement. “These squalls will reduce visibility to near zero at times in snow and blowing snow as winds gust up to 80 km/h.”
The conditions could make travel hazardous, Environment Canada added, as visibility could suddenly drop significantly.
Brian Proctor, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Saskatchewan doesn’t see snow squalls very frequently because they require a lot of atmospheric instability, along with a cold front. Saskatchewan might see snow squalls a few times a year, he noted.
“Oftentimes we get these fronts as they come through, and we don’t see this sort of magnitude of instability along that front that really require to face these really intense bursts of participation,” he said.
“While we’ll probably see 100-kilometre winds at the surface, we’ll probably see 80-kilometre plus gusts associated with those intense sort of spurts of snowfall.”
Proctor said he wouldn’t be surprised if five to 10 centimetres of snow falls under some of the very intense snow squall bands.
“But in general terms, widespread snowfall, maybe two to five centimetres,” he noted.
Proctor said to expect temperatures to drop to the -20 C to -25 C mark on Friday night, with the chill continuing into Saturday morning.
The latest information on the weather alerts can be found on Environment Canada’s website, and current information on highway conditions can be accessed through the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline.
