UPDATE: All extreme cold warnings mentioned in this story have ended.
SASKATOON – Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for Saskatoon, Regina and much of central, southeastern Saskatchewan. Temperatures dropping into the minus 30s overnight combined with winds of 10 to 15 km/h will result in extreme wind chill value of minus 40 or colder are Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.
An arctic high moving in over the province is to blame for the brisk weather.
Environment Canada issues extreme cold warnings for central and southern Saskatchewan when either the temperature or wind chill values drop to minus 40 or lower.
School bus cancellations/delays
In Saskatoon, all buses are running this morning but there are some delays:
#554 for Bishop James Mahoney High School and St Angela School delayed 60 minutes
#564 for Cardinal Leger School and St Angela School delayed 15 minutes
#749 for St. Anne School is delayed 30 minutes
#922 for Confederation Park School delayed 60 minutes
There are no Prairie Spirit School Division buses for all communities with the exception of Blaine Lake, Leask and Duck Lake, however wheelchair lifts will not be used in those three communities.
In the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division, developmental education buses are not running in the Prince Albert area and wheelchair lifts will not be operated. As well, route #117 from Kinistino/Birch Hills to Prince Albert is not running today.
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Wind chill describes the felt decrease in air temperature on exposed skin caused by air flow. It is important that humans are aware of wind chill values because extreme cold conditions can cause frostbite, which is the freezing of skin.
At extreme wind chill values skin can freeze in a matter of minutes.
Good news is this cool down will be short-lived.
Temperatures are going to start to moderate above extreme cold warning criteria late Wednesday morning and then skyrocket to near and even above freezing values to finish off the week and remain fairly mild into the foreseeable future.
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Extreme cold warning ended for:
- Saskatoon
- Regina
- Moose Jaw – Pense – Central Butte – Craik, Sask.
- Martensville – Warman – Rosthern – Delisle – Wakaw
- Outlook – Watrous – Hanley – Imperial – Dinsmore
- Prince Albert – Shellbrook – Spiritwood – Duck Lake
- Meadow Lake – Big River – Green Lake – Pierceland
- Humboldt – Wynyard – Wadena – Lanigan – Foam Lake
- Melfort – Tisdale – Nipawin – Carrot River
- Fort Qu’Appelle – Indian Head – Lumsden – Pilot Butte
- Estevan – Weyburn – Radville – Milestone
- Moosomin – Grenfell – Kipling – Wawota
- Kamsack – Canora – Preeceville
- Yorkton – Melville – Esterhazy
- Carlyle – Oxbow – Carnduff – Bienfait – Stoughton
- Uranium City – Camsell Portage
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