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Strong winds and blowing snow are making travel tricky on many Saskatchewan highways.
A blowing snow advisory from Environment Canada covered the southeastern part of the province on Wednesday morning. A wind advisory was also in effect in the southwest early in the morning, and the combination of blowing snow and high winds have caused issues with visibility and left a number of highways in poor condition.
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“We had a fairly quick-moving low-pressure system kind of sweep through the prairies overnight last night, and in behind the cold front associated with that system we’ve had quite a stiff wind,” said Rose Carlsen, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.
“We’re generally seeing wind gusts anywhere from 60 km/h to 80 km/h under the areas where that blowing snow advisory covered. And along with that low-pressure system, we did see some fresh snowfall. Not a whole lot of fresh snowfall, but with the wind in behind, anything that did fall is blowing around and will continue to blow around throughout the morning and into the afternoon today.”
The Saskatchewan Highway Hotline was recommending against travel on a number of highways in the Saskatoon area early on Wednesday morning, but conditions gradually improved as the morning progressed and the recommendations against travel were all lifted by 10:30 a.m.
“We are expecting the winds to start to ease kind of this evening – late afternoon and then evening – as that low-pressure system continues to move out,” the meteorologist said.
“We’re expecting things to be pretty calm by this evening.”
But while the winds are expected to die down, Wednesday evening will see a significant drop in temperature.
According to Environment Canada’s forecast, Saskatoon can expect an overnight low of -30 C, while Regina is expected to drop to -27 C. Both cities have a 30 per cent chance of overnight flurries as well.
The latest updates on the weather alerts can be found on Environment Canada’s website, and current information on road conditions can be accessed through the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline.
